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Today, an Air India flight bound for London carrying 242 passengers crashed shortly after take-off in a residential area of Ahmedabad.The flight, AI 171, had just departed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport when it crashed.
The 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision between two aircraft on November 12, 1996, remains the worst air tragedy in the country, but Ahmedabad also witnessed a tragedy on October 19, 1988.. The Indian Airlines Flight 113 was operating from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and crashed on its final approach to Ahmedabad Airport, killing 133 of the 135 people on board.
It was the deadliest crash in the history of ...