New Delhi, June 12 -- World leaders reacted to the tragic Air India flight crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on 12 June, calling the accident 'heartbreaking' and 'devastating.'

From UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a host of global leaders expressed shock over the plane crash with 242 passengers on board near Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon

Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was among the first leaders to react. Starmer said that the scenes of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad were devastating.

"I am being kept updated as the situation develops, and my thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this deeply distressing ...