✈️ What happened
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight AI171, was scheduled to fly from Ahmedabad, India to London Gatwick on 12 June 2025.

The aircraft took off in the morning but crashed shortly after takeoff, at around 08:08 UTC.

The crash occurred in the Meghani Nagar residential area near the airport boundary.

Witnesses reported a loud explosion and thick black smoke rising from the crash site. Continues…