Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 13 -- There was a layer of thick smoke in the air. When we came here, dead bodies and debris from the crashed aircraft were scattered all over." These chilling words from an eyewitness describe the horrifying scene that unfolded in Ahmedabad's Meghaninagar area on Thursday afternoon after an Air India plane bound for London crashed into a residential complex.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Flight AI-171, had taken off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport with 242 passengers and crew on board. Minutes later, it lost altitude and slammed into the residential quarters of BJ Medical College doctors, leaving no hope of survival for those onboard and injuring several people on the ground.
What followed was a...