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.

An Air India aircraft from Ahmedabad to London carrying 242 passengers crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Aiport on Thursday, i.e., June 12. The flight, AI171, was heading to London Gatwick and being operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

An Air India plane, AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London, crashed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Ahmedabad airport on Thursday during takeoff, as per the Gujarat State Police Control Room. The flight was carrying a total of 230 passengers and 12 crew members.