Air India chairman, N Chandrasekaran, has released a statement on the Ahmedabad plane crash. An Air India plane from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers onboard has crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon.

An Air India plane from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers crashed in the Meghaninagar area near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. Confirming the incident, Air India said that Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has given instructions to undertake immediate rescue and relief operations and immediate treatment of injured passengers in the wake of the Air India passenger plane crash in Ahmedabad on a war footing. Read on to know more.