Guwahati, June 12 -- Ahmedabad police officials have stated that no survivors are expected after a London-bound Air India passenger plane with 242 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff in a residential area in Ahmedabad.

The aircraft, Flight AI171, went down in a residential area in Ahmedabad, five minutes after departing from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in Gujarat.

According to the authorities, there could be more deaths in the medical college where the plane had crashed.

"There appears to be no survivor in the crash," Ahmedabad City Police Commissioner G.S. Malik stated, adding, "And since the airplane has fallen on an area which was residential and had some offices, there are more casualties as well."

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