New Delhi, June 12 -- Social media is flooded with reactions from netizens who are expressing their utter shock related to the Air India plane crash in Meghani Nagar, a residential area in Ahmedabad. The plane, en route to London, had just taken off from the Ahmedabad airport at 1.38 pm IST on Thursday, when it met with the ghastly accident. There were 242 people aboard the aircraft.

Ex-Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani was also aboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner twin jet carrying a total of 230 passengers and 12 crew members that met with the accident.

"Shocked and speechless at the Air India crash. Only prayers at this time," a netizen posted on X.

"Deeply heartbroken to learn about the reported crash of Air India Flight AI171 (...