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  • Aircraft debris at the crash site of Air India Ltd. flight AI171 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner traveling from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick airport crashed shortly after taking off, in what stands to be the most serious accident involving the US planemaker’s most advanced widebody airliner. Photographer: Siddharaj Solanki/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    One lone passenger survived the deadly Air India crash that killed more than 240: ‘He was disoriented with multiple injuries’

    By Ajit Solanski, Rajesh Roy, and others
  • Firefighters work at the site where Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. The London-bound passenger plane crashed on June 12 in India’s western city of Ahmedabad with 242 on board, aviation officials said in what the airline called a “tragic accident”. (Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP) (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)Travel & Leisure

    Air India Boeing 787 on route to London crashes just after takeoff with over 240 on board

    By Ajit Solanski, Rajesh Roy, and others