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]

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 deploys from loss of electric power. It can be dual engine failure as the generators are on the engines. But any power disruption to the critical flight controls will trigger it.

 

[Yet Another Wanker]

The RAT deploys from loss of electric power. It can be dual engine failure as the generators are on the engines. But any power disruption to the critical flight controls will trigger it.

Or hydraulics failure

 

[Otterly]

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.

Planes are terrifying. All those switches, and a good number of them are the ‘wings stay on/wings fall off’ ones.

 

[Fapcop]

Imagine going to India.
It’s shit. Dirty. You’re relieved as you go back home. But 30 seconds after takeoff the plane crashes, likely something about poop in both engines. You don’t care, you’re dead anyways.

Your restless soul hovers around Ahmadabad, your spirit waiting for your body to get consecrated according to your rites, so you can finally get eternal rest.

But you wait. And you wait. Since this is India, there are no caskets anywhere. So your increasingly ANGRY spirit just hovers around for days, waiting for some Jeet taxidriver, who moonlights as a casket maker, to bang up some pieces of plywood for your dead body. (Which is likely rotting since you don’t trust the power supply to the morgue.)



India Kiwis… Not once!

 

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if the RAT only deploys after dual engine failure

It doesn't, it can also be manually deployed.

This all stinks to me of pilots with poo on the brain doing nonsensical things because they are Indian.

Planes are terrifying. All those switches, and a good number of them are the ‘wings stay on/wings fall off’ ones.

Consider binging Green Dot Aviation on YouTube. Absolutely killed my apprehension about flying.

 

[RodgerDodger]

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

The biggest problem with the fuel starvation and vapor lock theories is how symmetrical the failure would seem to be. That plane flew arrow straight. But typically any uncommitted fuel problems will hit the engines slightly differently. Even contaminated fuel. You will see one engine start acting up before the other. So you will get a little left/right wobble.

Generally the only time you see something that symmetrical involves a commanded action of some sort. Pulling back the throttles. Pulling the fire handles. Cutting the fuel pumps for shutdown.

I will give you that there is some weird spot around Australia where airplanes report mysterious systems failures that nobody can explain.

 

[Google.com]

The biggest problem with the fuel starvation and vapor lock theories is how symmetrical the failure would seem to be. That plane flew arrow straight. But typically any uncommitted fuel problems will hit the engines slightly differently. Even contaminated fuel. You will see one engine start acting up before the other. So you will get a little left/right wobble.

Generally the only time you see something that symmetrical involves a commanded action of some sort. Pulling back the throttles. Pulling the fire handles. Cutting the fuel pumps for shutdown.

I will give you that there is some weird spot around Australia where airplanes report mysterious systems failures that nobody can explain.

Scenario While taxing, contaminates start to build up at pipes, valves, pumps, and filters. On take off the high demand for fuel flow dislodges the contaminates blocking off the supply to one engine. Pilots respond by going to maximum thrust on the other engine which dislodges contaminates there and results in a dual engine flame out.

 

[Dragged Into Sunlight]

This all stinks to me of pilots with poo on the brain doing nonsensical things because they are Indian.

The last words make me think the pilots were panicking.

I'm wondering if one engine went out and they accidentally cut the working engine like has happened before on the British crash.

 

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I'm wondering if one engine went out

With no flameout, no cow strike, no compressor stall sounds... We could hear what was presumably the ram air turbine - we'd DEFINITELY hear an engine shitting the bed.

Or the street, in this case.

 

[RodgerDodger]

With no flameout, no cow strike, no compressor stall sounds... We could hear what was presumably the ram air turbine - we'd DEFINITELY hear an engine shitting the bed.

Or the street, in this case.

The one survivor did say there was a loud bang.

Air India did fire their primary maintenance contractor over politics, back in May. It was clearly a spur the moment thing, and they had no plans in place for what to do next. So there's a good chance nobody has checked the oil since may.

 

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The one survivor did say there was a loud bang.

Timestamp the bang in the video. I think you're underestimating the violence with which a problem that would take out both engines would occur.

Also, wasn't the survivor Indian? I wouldn't trust an Indian as far as I could fly one.

 

[Oxyjen]

It doesn't, it can also be manually deployed.

Rumour I’ve heard is that the jet wrongly tried to change over to ground power due to water ingress somewhere critical, which promptly killed both busses electrical power. The engines default to idle.
RAT pulled by the crew, but there wasn’t enough time to spool the engines up before it stalled.

 

[Otterly]

will give you that there is some weird spot around Australia where airplanes report mysterious systems failures that nobody can explain.

Tell me more. Like those spots in the ocean where instruments go haywire?

The one survivor did say there was a loud bang.

Could that have been the RAT thingy deploying?

 

[RodgerDodger]

Tell me more. Like those spots in the ocean where instruments go haywire?

Could that have been the RAT thingy deploying?

It would not surprise if the bang was the RAT slamming down.

 

[Dragged Into Sunlight]

Rumour I’ve heard is that the jet wrongly tried to change over to ground power due to water ingress somewhere critical, which promptly killed both busses electrical power. The engines default to idle.
RAT pulled by the crew, but there wasn’t enough time to spool the engines up before it stalled.

The engines have their own redundant power sources and controllers dont they?

 

[Oxyjen]

The engines have their own redundant power sources and controllers dont they?

Sure but it’s the flight controls sending them a digital command of the power setting. Like CANBUS. If no message received, what do?

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

 

[Temu Glock Switch]

Rumour I’ve heard is that the jet wrongly tried to change over to ground power due to water ingress somewhere critical, which promptly killed both busses electrical power. The engines default to idle.
RAT pulled by the crew, but there wasn’t enough time to spool the engines up before it stalled.

Water ingress can be vicious. You may recall tropical weather on the island of Guam caused a B-2 Stealth Bomber to crash back in 2008.

 

[RodgerDodger]

For the fans of Greg Feith and his friends, John Goglia and Todd Curtis

 

[Otterly]

@RodgerDodger what’s the thing about the Australian weird zone? I’m curious