Ahmedabad plane crash live updates: Former Gujarat CM likely on board; Ahmedabad airport closed

By HT News Desk
Published on: June 12, 2025 11:18 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash live: As per initial reports, the flight was taking off from Ahmedabad to Gatwick at the time of the crash. Fatalities due to the crash are unknown.​

Ahmedabad: Smoke billows after a plane crashed near Ahmedabad airport,
Ahmedabad plane crash live updates: An Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed after takeoff in Gujarat's Ahmedabad airport. Visuals of the plane crash circulated on social media show plumes of dark smoke in the sky. As per an Air India statement, initial reports, the flight was taking off from Ahmedabad to Gatwick at the time of the crash. Fatalities due to the crash are unknown.



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June 12, 2025 11:18 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash LIVE: Pilots made MAYDAY call moments before crash​

Air India Crash live: As per a statement from aviation officials, the ATC stated that the Air India plane aircraft departed from Ahmadabad at 1339 IST from runway 23.

“It gave a MAYDAY Call to ATC, but thereafter, no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC,” said officials.

The plane crashed outside the airport five minutes after takeoff.
June 12, 2025 11:15 AM IST

Air India plane crash LIVE: Civil Aviation minister 'deeply shocked' after plane crash​

Ahmedabad plane crash: Union Civil Aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu stated he was "deeply shocked" after the news of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad.

"Shocked and devastated to learn about the flight crash in Ahmedabad. We are on highest alert. I am personally monitoring the situation and have directed all aviation and emergency response agencies to take swift and coordinated action," he said on X.

"Rescue teams have been mobilised, and all efforts are being made to ensure medical aid and relief support are being rushed to the site. My thoughts and prayers are with all those on board and their families," he added.

June 12, 2025 11:13 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash live news: Former Gujarat CM likely on board, say reports​

Air India plane crash update: Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani is suspected to be onboard the Air India plane that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, reports TV9. An official confirmation is awaited.

June 12, 2025 11:08 AM IST

Air India plane crash: Video show thick smoke near Ahmedabad Airport​

Moments after an Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed, videos showing thick smoke in the air circulated on social media. Residents living near the Ahmedabad airport area captured the visuals of the plane crash.

As per initial statements, the flight en-route to Gatwick crashed five minutes after it took off.

June 12, 2025 11:02 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash live news: Passenger plan was en-route to London's Gatwick at time of crash​

Air India plane crash: As per an official statement from Air India, the plane was en-route from Ahmedabad to London's Gatwick at the time of the crash.

The plane took off at 1:38 PM and crashed near the airport five minutes after takeoff.
June 12, 2025 10:56 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash live: Ahmedabad Airport closed​

Ahmedabad Airport has been shut down after an Air India passenger plane crashed on Thursday.

June 12, 2025 10:49 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash live: Number of fatalities yet to be confirmed​

As per a report by ANI, at least 242 passengers were on board the plane. An official statement is awaited
June 12, 2025 10:47 AM IST

Ahmedabad plane crash live updates: Air India plane crashes in Gujarat​

An Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after taking off at Ahmedabad Airport. As per reports, at least 242 passengers were on board.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ahmedabad-plane-crash-live-updates-air-india-flight-crashes-ahmedabad-airport-death-toll-news-101749717953751.html

 

[moocow]

Its first flight was in 2009 but only started flying commercially in November of 2011.

14 years of service without a fatal accident is still pretty good, especially for an entirely new design using new composite materials.

 

[diroama]

My analysis indicates the plane hit an electrical wire shortly after takeoff

 

[Fapcop]

You call it an act of god, I call it an act of American Engineering and Ingenuity.
To Jeets, there is no difference.

I’ve already seen plenty of “BLOODY BOEING!!! WHY WE BUY THIS DANGEROUS AMERICAN JUNK?!?” over on the R/India subreddit.

Btw: For those fucking weirdos who are into gore, Indian “News channels” streams are showing uncensored, charred bodies being hauled out of buildings.

 

[Otterly]

apparently it landed on a large hospital

Horrific

RAT (Ram Air Turbine)

Oh that’s interesting, on the video there’s not that loud engine noise you’d expect of it was so close to you, but you can hear like a prop plane sound.

 

[Combustion Engine]

Unable to archive these but two videos have popped up as well
https://x.com/ChandanSharmaG/status/1933120098706899173

First video is from the Nepal crash in January 15th 2023.

 

[Jimbobaggins]

I've always wondered, since they allow infants-in-arms couldn't you fit almost 500 passengers on a 256 seat plane?

Or just stuff 1,100 black jews in 747 only meant to carry 400-500 people...

 

[lostpwgoesbrrrr]

Indian fatigue.

A plane load of jeets was just prevented from entering the UK and hopefully more happen.

I've been thrown in zucc jail indefinitely because of a daily mail facebook post about this incident - "anyone mourning their deaths is free to join them in the wreckage"

2,000,000% worth it and I won't apologise for it.

 

[who dare wins?]

Our friends on Airliners.net are suggesting that the RAT (Ram Air Turbine) was deployed. Basically, the RAT is an emergency propeller that drops down in case of engine failure to provide power for the plane and hydraulics. If you listen to the video of the crash you can hear the buzz of a prop right as it passes overhead, notably not the roar of the engines at takeoff power. Comparing it to another 787 RAT deployment it does sound quite similar.

Someone earlier noted the plane did not seem to use "all the runway alloted to them" but India has unreliable radar tracking at times hence this might just be an issue. If this is the case, what would it be? Double birdstrike is possible but unlikely, the engines would have had to suffer compression stalls. Could be like speedbird 38 where the fuel got clogged? Fuel line failure? It would have to be something extremely mechanical or sheer pilot retardation.

 

[Otterly]

Unable to archive these but two videos have popped up as well
https://x.com/ChandanSharmaG/status/1933120098706899173

https://x.com/shahcastic/status/1933088011337789475

The first one isn’t a modern big plane for sure, it looks tiny inside

 

[he who has thus come/gone]

https://x.com/ians_india/status/1933095606027006060?s=46

Purported PATEL listing

https://archive.ph/vbPGp

"There were 169 Indian, 53 British, 1 Canadian and 7 Portuguese passengers on board"
So, 223 pajeets and 7 Poortugals.

>a quarter of the passengers were British, Canadian, and Portuguese!
>literally every single person except for one 3-person family with the last name "Christian" were Indian

It's all so tiresome.

 

[Alkor]

Unable to archive these but two videos have popped up as well
https://x.com/ChandanSharmaG/status/1933120098706899173

https://x.com/shahcastic/status/1933088011337789475

First video is from the Nepal crash in January 15th 2023.

Local of the second one since Combustion Engine identified the first.

EDIT: Because I am fucking retarded and didn't scroll down on the Twitter post, here's the second video on that tweet - xeet - whatever.

 

[who dare wins?]

Local of the second one since Combustion Engine identified the first.

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My bad on the first one, still, the death toll on the ground is probably going to be quite high. One can only hope emergency services are able to save everyone they can.

 

[1999 prick]

Shit man.
I poosted an article on it but the article ain't as good this one.

Can't believe I have to sweep it up myself instead of the jannies.

 

[who dare wins?]

I posted something previously but decided to janny it myself. Again, if the RAT had deployed, what would have caused it? If someone is more knowledgeable do ask because I am scratching my head thinking what would cause both engines to cease immediately after takeoff.

 

[Jimbobaggins]

Someone earlier noted the plane did not seem to use "all the runway alloted to them" but India has unreliable radar tracking at times hence this might just be an issue. If this is the case, what would it be? Double birdstrike is possible but unlikely, the engines would have had to suffer compression stalls. Could be like speedbird 38 where the fuel got clogged? Fuel line failure? It would have to be something extremely mechanical or sheer pilot retardation.

Yea its just a radar issue id say, looking at videos nearly every plane uses the whole runway. But its hard to say what exactly could of happened. Could definitely be some dirty fuel. If you look between the main gear it really looks like the RAT is out. Plus it looks like the slats are out too.

 

[who dare wins?]

Yea its just a radar issue id say, looking at videos nearly every plane uses the whole runway. But its hard to say what exactly could of happened. Could definitely be some dirty fuel. If you look between the main gear it really looks like the RAT is out. Plus it looks like the slats are out too.
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Flaps look to be down in the configuration for takeoff too. Again people have mentioned they do not seem deployed but it might just be video quality. Considering they only got to about 625 feet, they more than likely would not have had enough time to really do anything. Sad really, being in a position where you sort of have to accept your fate.

 

[polakrobak99]

From the footage it looks like death would have been unexpected to most of those on board - unless you were a pilot, crew or in a window seat you may not even have known the plane was descending, the average passenger just isn’t that aware of what is happening or what different noises mean. Hopefully everyone was calm and settling into the flight, or at worst expecting a return to the airport. There was too many children on board to hope for anything different. The plane looked like it was about to land, not upside down or falling from the sky, no need to panic or go screaming into the long night. Absolute tragedy and I hope they find out the cause asap, there’s a lot of pain ahead for the victims families - we may have known about the crash before they did and that’s just horrific. Imagine sitting down for a browse on the web after dropping your wife and daughter at the airport. The internet truly is a cursed place sometimes.

You can definitely feel the negative G when descending. When even a single engine fails you can immediately feel the aircraft fall like a brick.

Our friends on Airliners.net are suggesting that the RAT (Ram Air Turbine) was deployed. Basically, the RAT is an emergency propeller that drops down in case of engine failure to provide power for the plane and hydraulics. If you listen to the video of the crash you can hear the buzz of a prop right as it passes overhead, notably not the roar of the engines at takeoff power. Comparing it to another 787 RAT deployment it does sound quite similar.

https://youtu.be/OjoKjILYe20?si=c_yBLtO2mjR3e8n2&t=16

More pics of the crash as well
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If you lose the hydraulics do the flaps become loose?

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Random twitter plane autist implies the pilots were to blame. Link (A)
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I have a friend who's retarded about planes like this. 1000 hours in Microsoft Flight Sim, $1000's in home HID gear and fake cockpit parts. Has never seen the inside of a real cockpit. Every. Goddanm. Crash. this motherfucker pops up with his "Akschually..." shit and deepsplains how this happened based off some grainy ass picture and assumptions. Uses all sorts of acronyms and terminology as if I'm some seasoned pilot and know the first goddamn thing about any of it.

I can see I'll be hearing from him today as well.

 

[Alkor]

India Today doing the needful with a livestream. Obviously not in English until the studio. The on-screen effects remind me of the graphics on a fucking slot machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLmgCZEZs8s (Link if embedding just redirects you to YT)

Appears to be shots of the plane sticking out of the building interspersed with shots of firefighters nearby.

Some of the clickbait thumbnails on YouTube Live remind me why Total Journo Death is a thing, since we barely know anything:

 

[Fapcop]

Saw this post on r/india:



There was another post complaining about hundreds of men just shuffling around the crash site, blocking ambulances.

Indians really are NPCs.