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

 

[RodgerDodger]

Also, having a tail seat that puts you as far away from initial impact as possible also helps. Especially since depending on make and model? There's a lot of extra fuselage around you for things like the tail, stabilizer and on really old-school tri-jets? An entire engine and duct to sacrifice itself as a crumple zone.

Dude was in seat 11a. So pretty far forward.

 

[Turkey Beef]

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

To show respect, Air India's Gatwick terminal will be renamed Scatwick. Costs will be underwritten by Febreze.

 

[AN/ALR56]

Having no AC on an Indian plane sounds like a nightmare.

Having failed packs (the term for the air conditioning system) sounds like a bad thing.
On the 787 they are powered by the generators on the engines (other planes directly bleed off some of the compressor air to run them, this is why you notice them going off when the plane is about to take off).

I'm starting to believe in the dual engine failure thing, however, it's unlikely the engines didn't report some issue before the flight, not it sounds like they collided with birds, that 777 that crash landed in Heathrow due to ice in the fuel already showed engine abnormal behavior before the landing.

 

[Otterly]

I'm starting to believe in the dual engine failure thing

Do I remember reading about a crash once where one engine broke, they needed to cut fuel to it and in a panic they cut the fuel or turned off the working engine, and crashed?

 

[DavidS877]

Do I remember reading about a crash once where one engine broke, they needed to cut fuel to it and in a panic they cut the fuel or turned off the working engine, and crashed?

Once?
There's been way more than that. Half of multi-engine training is not screwing stuff like that up.
Here's just the wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categ...and_incidents_caused_by_wrong_engine_shutdown
Hundreds more likely in smaller planes.

 

[Turkey Beef]

Boeing has become the first major global company to sign on to Null’s doctrine of TID (Total Indian Death).

 

[AN/ALR56]

Do I remember reading about a crash once where one engine broke, they needed to cut fuel to it and in a panic they cut the fuel or turned off the working engine, and crashed?

That was the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegworth_air_disaster

When a fan blade broke in the left engine, smoke was drawn into the cabin through the air conditioning system. The pilots believed this indicated a fault in the right engine, since earlier models of the 737 ventilated the cabin from the right, and they were unaware that the 737-400 used a different system. The pilots retarded the right thrust lever and the symptoms of smoke and vibration cleared, leading them to believe the problem had been identified, and then the right engine was shut down.

On the final stage of the approach, thrust was increased on the left engine. The tip of the fan blade that had lodged in the cowling from the earlier event became dislodged and was drawn into the core of the engine, damaging it and causing a fire.

Another accident caused by pilots who don't do the procedures they are drilled into for months because their "experience" taught them a better way.
They could had looked at the engine digital displays showing what engine was actually misbehaving.

 

[Google.com]

I would also like to note that the aircraft that crashed is Line Number 26, the 787 had a completely fucked production line, all aircraft up to line number 22 were built so poorly they required reinforcements in multiple areas increasing the weight and significantly reducing range giving them the nickname "Terrible Teens" forcing Boeing to sell them at discount to shitty airlines like Air India which operates some of these 787's. While 26 is outside of the range this is way before Boeing improved(they never fixed) the 787's awful build quality. Some 787's with these early line numbers have had horrifically bad issues such as the fire extinguisher handles being wired to the wrong engine and tools sealed inside the walls of the aircraft.

 

[ZazietheBeast]

I swear India is a living cartoon. They eat bodily waste, are scammers, cause shit, and are so hilariously incompetent that even the most retarded cartoon henchman will call them out for being incompetent.

This is less funny when you remember our elites are dead set on replacing the native populace with these literal clowns.

 

[Otterly]

Once?
There's been way more than that. Half of multi-engine training is not screwing stuff like that up.
Here's just the wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categ...and_incidents_caused_by_wrong_engine_shutdown
Hundreds more likely in smaller planes.

What proportion of people can think absolutely logically in a situation where they’re under immense stress and time crunch? I suspect very few. Lizard brain kicks in and you do what instinct tells you. You’d hope such pilot training would beat this out of you, but obviously not

 

[Der weiße Teufel]

The sole survivor casually walked to the ambulance. His brother got torn to shreds in the seat next to him. Has this ever happened before?

Juliane Koepcke was the only survivor of Lansa Flight 508 which broke apart in the air due to lighting strike. Though more people supposedly survived the initial crash, she was the only one who saved herself. She then survived in the jungle for 10 days until she found help. Amazing story.

 

[KiwiFuzz2]

There was a girl I think an air stewardess who survived the plane blowing up and falling 20k feet with obviously no parachute

She wasn't a stewardess, she was a random 17-year-old girl. Fucking LEGEND.

Walked through the Amazon barefoot for 11 days.

There are birds named for her mom.

Sophie Turner was working on a movie about her, but it's been stalled out (as it were) for a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Koepcke

Edit: Fuckin' ninjas.
Double edit: There are two women that this happened to.

Vesna Vulović - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[AN/ALR56]

I would also like to note that the aircraft that crashed is Line Number 26, the 787 had a completely fucked production line, all aircraft up to line number 22 were built so poorly they required reinforcements in multiple areas increasing the weight and significantly reducing range giving them the nickname "Terrible Teens" forcing Boeing to sell them at discount to shitty airlines like Air India which operates some of these 787's. While 26 is outside of the range this is way before Boeing improved(they never fixed) the 787's awful build quality. Some 787's with these early line numbers have had horrifically bad issues such as the fire extinguisher handles being wired to the wrong engine and tools sealed inside the walls of the aircraft.

I miss the engineering driven Boeing that made safe, overbuilt aircraft which were capable of going above and beyond the design limits when called for.

On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident, following the failure of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at 41,000 ft (12,500 m). The plane rolled over and plunged 30,000 ft (9,100 m), experiencing high speeds and g-forces (as high as 5 g) before the captain was able to recover from the dive, and then to divert to San Francisco International Airport. Twenty-four occupants were injured

The aircraft was significantly damaged by the excessive g-forces. The wings were permanently bent upwards by 2 inches (5 cm), the inboard main landing gear lost two actuator doors, and the two inboard main gear struts were left dangling. Most affected was the tail, where large outer parts of the horizontal stabilizer had been ripped off. The entire left outboard elevator had been lost along with its actuator, which had been powered by the hydraulic system that ruptured and drained

 

[DavidS877]

What proportion of people can think absolutely logically in a situation where they’re under immense stress and time crunch? I suspect very few. Lizard brain kicks in and you do what instinct tells you. You’d hope such pilot training would beat this out of you, but obviously not

That's a good portion of the training, yes. People get in a hurry to do something, even if it's wrong. A single engine failure in a multi-engine plane is generally not an emergency where you need to do things immediately, there's about 2 things you must do right now, but then securing the failed engine or trying to restart is done at a more leisurely pace as it will impact your performance but if you screw up you have made an emergency.

There have probably been far more accidents caused by doing the wrong thing but quickly than taking a little longer and doing the right thing but too late.

 

[Dan Abrams]

>be Indian
>go on break from call center job
>Usha packed naan and chutney
>look out window
>see Boeing
>get turned into chutney

 

[Google.com]

I miss the engineering driven Boeing that made safe, overbuilt aircraft which were capable of going above and beyond the design limits when called for.
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The worst part is that Embraer is probably the company that most over designs their aircraft for safety. We got beat by the fucking Brazilians the Europeans.

A maintenance error left a E-190 almost completely uncontrollable after take-off even though the flight computer had prevented several take-offs due to detecting maintenance fucked something up prior. The load limit of the aircraft was exceeded over 100%-150% in half the plane, it still didn't break up and managed to land safely, the flight path looked like this in some areas.

How the Brazilians are capable of making good aircraft in such a shit hole country is beyond me.

 

[Dana scully]

Shame on America forcing many countries to buy their shitty Boeing airplanes.

 

[DavidS877]

Shame on America forcing many countries to buy their shitty Boeing airplanes.

Shame on Boeing for selling airplanes to countries who shouldn't be allowed to fly.

 

[BikeLock]

"Ah, my bad.." is right in the airport's name....

 

[lostpwgoesbrrrr]

To be fair, they were both gay