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 if God is good Greg Feith will weigh in ...

Here ya go

 

[not william stenchever]

New Blancolirio dropped, confirming that the RAT has been deployed.

Bossman Jack is not going to take this news well.

 

[World Famous Quasi Payer]

The third world;
-the women with a baby strapped to back and often front as well, manning a stall/planting rice/working the fields/cooking
-the men; aimlessly shuffling around.

As God intended!

 

[RodgerDodger]

As for maintenance, it seems that even Air India doesn’t trust Jeet mechanics, since they hired a Turkish company to do maintenance on their wide body jet.

This recently apparently changed since Turkey didn’t go FULL SUPPORT INDIA SAAR! So maybe some engines got improperly maintained in the interim?

Apparently they have not yet replaced “Turkish Technic” who had been doing the maintenance until they were fired back in May. So any maintenance that has been done since then has been done in house using unskilled Pajeets. (Sadly not joking about this).

Mayday is so good. Watching plane crash news as it happens sucks because you have to wait a year to discover the cause instead of a half hour.

Look what Mayday just posted on their Official YouTube Channel this morning

In reaction to this crash they put together a Compilation of the Best of Indian Airline Crashes! This is such a gloriously evil act that I have to commend whichever of you Kiwi Bastards is responsible for it. Just Magnificent!

 

[Fapcop]

Here's the image I tried to post. The point being that the potato quality videos don't show enough detail to discern if the flaps are in the typical takeoff position or not because the takeoff position is not as visually apparent as it is with many other aircraft.

I think the whole flap discussion is a little silly.

It’s obviously not flaps that are the issue. If it were, you wouldn’t have videos out where you can hear the engines aren’t working.

*Massive loss of thrust.
*RAT deployed.
*Videos with little or no engine sound.
*Survivor reports loss of engine power and lights.

It’s obviously a dual engine failure. Whether it’s some Jeet shitting on turbine blades during maintenance or a flaw in the design is the big question.

 

[RodgerDodger]

From now on, every jeet will try to bribe or abuse airline staff loudly and belligerently, demanding to be put in seat 11A. Film of on-board fights to win the coveted jeet miracle seat will be hitting the Internet next week.

The solution is to lable the rear toilet as seat 11a.

 

[Hitman One]

The solution is to lable the rear toilet as seat 11a.

Saar do not redeem me seat 11a saar I cannot be seated with the toilet witch saar I am fucking Indian saaaaar.

 

[close]

It’s obviously a dual engine failure.

You are beyond retarded. Bookmark this post.

 

[RodgerDodger]

I think the whole flap discussion is a little silly.

It’s obviously not flaps that are the issue. If it were, you wouldn’t have videos out where you can hear the engines aren’t working.

*Massive loss of thrust.
*RAT deployed.
*Videos with little or no engine sound.
*Survivor reports loss of engine power and lights.

It’s obviously a dual engine failure. Whether it’s some Jeet shitting on turbine blades during maintenance or a flaw in the design is the big question.

The problem is a dual symmetrical engine failure that has no visible signs and does not appear to be caused by environmental issues such as large hail or ingesting a flock of cows, is kind of hard to pull off without human interaction.

I did see one interesting theory from a current 787 Instructor Pilot. Apparently there was an incident in the simulator, where a very heavy clipboard came free of its storage slot, flew up and managed to hit the nearby Fuel Pump cutoff switches. Boeing and the FAA issued a notification to not put heavy metal clipboards in that slot. So yes it could be something that stupid.

There was a similar incident back with a DC-9 where a FO's flight bag tucked behind his seat hit against a very low breaker panel on the wall behind the FO knocking out some critical systems.

 

[Not A Cat Person]

It’s obviously a dual engine failure. Whether it’s some Jeet shitting on turbine blades during maintenance or a flaw in the design is the big question.

Captain Steeeve agrees:

 

[Fapcop]

The problem is a dual symmetrical engine failure that has no visible signs and does not appear to be caused by environmental issues such as large hail or ingesting a flock of cows, is kind of hard to pull off without human interaction.

Well yeah, it’s something that technically should be so rare as to be almost impossible. (Baring dual bird strike or something. Which there is no sign of.)

So it’s interesting as to how it happened.

What really makes the “Muh flaps!” Theory dumb, is that it’s a 787. A plane so full of computers and technology assists that you can’t just forget to set flaps correctly without alarms going off and a computer nagging you to death.

(Not sure if the same applies for fuel systems: ie: If you accidentally hit the shut off switch to the fuel pump, the plane will go: “SHUT OFF FUELS Y/N? CONFIRM SELECTION” or something like that. It’s of course possible that some genius Jeet software engineer accidentally caused the crash, by fucking up and making the computer believe the plane was on the ground, shutting off fuel supply.)

 

[Lookie-lou]

Still don't know if most sound theory is the co-pilot accidentally redeemed the flaps instead of the landing gear. Or this is bad maintenance (air India planes were known to be poorly cared for interior wise at least) or Boeing to blame? We don't even have a take from the black box data after a day of it being found. In India always makes things messier than they would be otherwise.

 

[HildegardOrgonAkkumulator]

Theory dumb, is that it’s a 787. A plane so full of computers and technology assists that you can’t just forget to set flaps correctly without alarms going off and a computer nagging you to death.

Boeing's cockpit philosophy is to provide more manual control to the pilot to keep more options in an emergency open, even if it may damage the plane to save its occupants. Though some safe-guards should still be in place.
Cockpit warnings (or sounds in general) can sometimes not be picked up by humans under stress. However, there is a central screen with all error messages, easily viewable for the pilots. Loss of vision under stress usually comes later.

If you accidentally hit the shut off switch to the fuel pump, the plane will go: “SHUT OFF FUELS Y/N? CONFIRM SELECTION” or something like that.

I doubt, even a "more automated" Airbus cockpit does this. Pilot input has to function directly here or else the risk of a spreading fire hazard could increase.

It’s of course possible that some genius Jeet software engineer accidentally caused the crash

Wonder why any crash hasn't happened earlier but it's within the realm of possibility (a) (the article also mentions 787 flight software next to 737max).
Could be that earlier 787 batteries also got redeemed by them.

 

[RodgerDodger]

What really makes the “Muh flaps!” Theory dumb, is that it’s a 787. A plane so full of computers and technology assists that you can’t just forget to set flaps correctly without alarms going off and a computer nagging you to death.

I don't think anybody is claiming they took off without flaps. They seemed to get airborne normally. But at the point where they would normally be pulling up the landing gear something happened that caused then to lose lift and stall.

One very simple explanation is the Pilot not flying had a brain part, mentally skipped over a step, and when the pilot called Gear Up, moved the flaps instead. That would not have immediately triggered all the alarms. Until it started stalling.

Now that doesn't account for the suspicions if power loss or the rat deploying. I'm more prone to think the plane suffered a massive electrical failure from a maintenance error, than I am the engines crapping out symetrically. We have that supposed footage of a passenger showing how nothing was working in the cabin, taken on the flight into Ahmedabad that morning. So there may have been a major electrical problem that went undiagnosed or repaired.

I saw somewhere that this airplane had just come back from major overhaul. Which raises questions. AI just fired their Major Maintenance Contractor Turkish Technics in May over politics. When did this plane come back? Was it in fact finished? Once again none of the passenger systems in the cabin appeared to be working in that video. No reading lights. No call button. Screens not working. Electronic dimming windows not working. Passenger AC controls not working. Did they have a short in some bus that knocked out the fuel pumps or some major control system?

 

[W00K #17]

Them jeets flew in the mud.

 

[barrow greeter]

So, if the RAT only deploys after dual engine failure, and there was no bird strike or hail, then aren't the only things that cause dual engine failure either fuel contamination or fuel cutoff by malfunction or misconfiguration?

 

[Mad_Dog]

So, if the RAT only deploys after dual engine failure, and there was no bird strike or hail, then aren't the only things that cause dual engine failure either fuel contamination or fuel cutoff by malfunction or misconfiguration?

The RAT's purpose is to provide electrical and hydraulic pressure for the aircraft in an extreme emergency, so it also deploys in the case of a massive electrical failure, or a massive hydraulic failure.

 

[barrow greeter]

The RAT's purpose is to provide electrical and hydraulic pressure for the aircraft in an extreme emergency, so it also deploys in the case of a massive electrical failure, or a massive hydraulic failure.

Good to know, but the clips we have appear to show the stall came from a lack of thrust, not a lack of hydraulic control, also isn't one of the main things that precipitates an electrical failure a dual engine failure?

 

[Not A Cat Person]

Captain Steeeve agrees:

This jet pilot comments on Captain Steeeve's take and offers a theory of his own:

tl;dw: he agrees on dual engine failure, and reckons it happened because of a hydraulic system failure that caused the in-tank fuel pumps to not work, compounded by overheated fuel lines that without active pumping became vapor-locked (fuel turned from liquid to vapor in the lines). And, then, without the hydraulic fuel pumps working, and the nose pointed up, there was no gravity feed of fuel into the engines, causing them to stop working.

People in the comments generally agree on the hydraulic-failure-leading-to-fuel-starvation bit but are skeptical about the vapor lock concept.

Part of his reasoning that the hydraulic system failed is that the pilot didn't lift up the landing gear as would be typical at that point in liftoff- the landing gear is hydraulically-controlled.

As an aside, an aircraft mechanic I know claims that Air India has the worst maintenance of any major airline, bar none.

Also, the second black box has been recovered.

 

[Fapcop]

I don't think anybody is claiming they took off without flaps. They seemed to get airborne normally. But at the point where they would normally be pulling up the landing gear something happened that caused then to lose lift and stall.

I’ve seen the theory that the flaps were incorrectly set, BUT… AFAIK, on the newer Dreamliners the pilot loads up a bunch of information on the planes computer: Weight, temperature, rotation speed, etc. and the computer automatically does the flap settings.

Likewise the landing gear should automatically retract AFAIK, which is why I don’t buy the “mixed up flaps and landing gear”.

(One theory I have heard, is that the computer thought it was on the ground and therefore cut off the fuel flow. Which would explain both loss of power and the gear being down, I suppose.)

An aircraft mechanic I know claims that Air India has the worst maintenance of any major airline, bar none.

Well, they outsourced the maintenance on their wide body fleet to Turkish Airlines, so…