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

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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.​

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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.

 
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lichen said:
An update - sounds like the focus is on the engine fuel control switches after review of the black boxes. Anonymous sourcing, but Redditors at least seem to consider the journalist to be reliable enough to not publish if he didn't have the good. Maybe some locals can confirm.

The article doesn't say it outright, but the switches seem to be basically impossible to accidentally move which suggests an intentional crash is a reasonable suspicion.

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Dragged Into Sunlight said:
THOSE OF US THAT HAD DUMBASS JEET KILLED BOTH ENGINES BY ACCIDENT COME DOWN AND CLAIM OUR PRIZES

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Locals have hailed them as heroes for avoiding their densely populated housing estate next to Ahmedabad airport as the jet screamed towards the ground a month ago tomorrow - saving hundreds of lives.
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AIR INDIA PILOTS HERO OF ALL OF INDIA DODGE ALL HOUSES TO HIT HOSPITAL HERO SUPERIORITY OF INDIAN PILOTS HERO OF ALL TIME
 
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The expert they quote was earlier a proponent of the bird strike theory (despite no signs of a bird strike on the video) and in the quote in the article seems to suggest one engine was out and they shut the working one off by mistake. But as far as I know there's nothing released that would indicate either engine was suffering a problem. He's also clearly just speculating - "it's possible that."

The articles that came out earlier this week said the investigation was focused on the switches (plural) which would suggest that both were pulled, rather than being a case of flipping the wrong switch. In fact the Sun article also speaks in plurals - "A preliminary report into the crash indicates switches to the engines’ fuel supplies were turned off seconds after take-off." So I'm not sure their expert quote is lining up with the information in their own article, though maybe the report will clarify/confirm the specific state of both switches and what was happening in the cockpit when they were flipped. (If they release it)
 
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From a summary posted to Reddit:

In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so.
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Haunted plane confirmed. Spooky.

edit: planetergeist

I guess it does put some ambiguity about who actually pulled - did the guy who flipped the switches ask the question to throw suspicion and confuse his colleague, or was he surprised to look down and see their fuel turned off?

 
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WSJ article:

Air India Probe Puts Early Focus on Pilots’ Actions and Plane’s Fuel Switches​

Investigation into June crash so far hasn’t pointed to problem with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner or its GE Aerospace engines​

The investigation into last month’s Air India crash is focusing on the actions of the jet’s pilots and doesn’t so far point to a problem with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, according to people familiar with U.S. officials’ early assessments.

Preliminary findings indicate that switches controlling fuel flow to the jet’s two engines were turned off, leading to an apparent loss of thrust shortly after takeoff, the people said. Pilots use the switches to start the jet’s engines, shut them down, or reset them in certain emergencies.

The switches would normally be on during flight, and it is unclear how or why they were turned off, these people said. The people also said it was unclear whether the move was accidental or intentional, or whether there was an attempt to turn them back on.

If the switches were off, that could explain why the jet’s emergency-power generator—known as a ram air turbine, or RAT—appears to have activated in the moments before the aircraft plummeted into a nearby hostel for medical students. In all, 260 people died, including all but one of the people onboard the plane.

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, which is leading the probe, is expected to issue a preliminary report as soon as Friday local time. It didn’t respond to a request for comment on Thursday.

“Nothing can be said about the cause of the crash right now because the investigation is going on,” Indian civil aviation official Murlidhar Mohol told NDTV news channel in late June. “It’s a very rare incident—it has never happened that both the engines stopped together.”

Sumeet Sabharwal, a pilot who served as the flight’s captain, had logged over 10,000 hours flying wide-body, or larger, aircraft, and his co-pilot, Clive Kunder, had over 3,400 hours of experience, Air India said. Family members of both pilots declined to comment.

The stakes for determining what factors led to any crash are high and have ramifications for all parties involved. In this case, Air India is the country’s oldest carrier and worked to turn around its operations after decades under state ownership. The crash was the first fatal accident involving Boeing’s Dreamliner at a time when the plane maker is trying to recover from a string of safety and quality problems.

International accident investigations often involve several countries, including those where crashes occurred and whose governments approved designs of aircraft involved. At times, there have been disagreements over access to information and the analysis of facts that emerge.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is providing support for the Indian-led probe. The Federal Aviation Administration, which certified the 787 Dreamliner for passenger service, and Boeing BA 0.34%increase; green up pointing triangle and GE Aerospace GE 1.15%increase; green up pointing triangle are providing technical assistance to Indian authorities.

The Dreamliner, which entered service in 2011, is popular among the world’s airlines and is commonly used on international, long-haul routes and has had an excellent safety record. Boeing delivered the jet involved in the crash to Air India in January 2014.

So far, U.S. officials’ early assessments of the crash probe don’t indicate a problem with that model aircraft or its GE engines, people familiar with the matter said.

Neither the FAA nor the plane and engine makers have issued any service bulletins or safety directives to address a potential problem with the fleet. Such moves are typical in response to investigation findings if they point to deficiencies in designs, maintenance or operating procedures.

The Air Current, an industry publication, earlier reported that the probe had narrowed its focus to the movement of the engine fuel control switches. Early assessments reached during investigations, which can take a year or longer, can be contradicted as new information emerges.

Indian officials have released little information to the public about the investigation, fueling some frustration with American government and industry officials since the June 12 crash, some people familiar with the matter said.

U.S. government and industry officials have also been frustrated by what they perceived as the slow pace of downloading, analyzing and sharing the contents of the plane’s black boxes, these people said.

Indian authorities had earlier wanted to transport the plane’s black boxes—the flight-data and cockpit voice recorders—away from Delhi, where the country recently opened a new lab for analyzing such accident data, to another secure location, according to some people familiar with the matter.

The plan was scrapped, and Indian investigators wound up downloading the boxes in Delhi.

At one point, the NTSB threatened to withdraw American resources from the investigation. In the end, the American investigators remained in the country to assist. They have since returned home.


EDIT: Preliminary report is out and attached.
 

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Google.com said:
Typical wall street journal shitty reporting. You don't "reset" the fucking engines in flight it's not a fucking computer that freezes up and you need to control alt delete.
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From what I gather from Captain Steve and some articles the 787 has an automated engine restart system. In the event of a flameout compressor stall etc. You switch the fuel switch off than back on. It's not the whole long restart checklist. If you read today's report they had put the switches back to run and the engines were spoiling back up. Just not enough time and altitude.

There was also 1-2 second between when the first switch was thrown to off and the second. The switches can't move on their own. It takes a bit of force to pull back the locking colar to move them. If I read the report correctly the whole throttle block including the switches was replaced with new in 2023.
 
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From what I gather from Captain Steve and some articles the 787 has an automated engine restart system. In the event of a flameout compressor stall etc. You switch the fuel switch off than back on. It's not the whole long restart checklist. If you read today's report they had put the switches back to run and the engines were spoiling back up. Just not enough time and altitude.
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Thats not reseting it though, thats restarting the engine after it has failed, like how you would turn your cars ignition after it stalls out. Reseting it implies that you intentionally turned it off and then back on again.
 
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In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff.
The other pilot responded that he did not do so.
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It fucking blows me away how much Indian culture is oriented around just fucking lying. It's like they don't understand the concept of consequences or the purpose of language, like it exists in their mind as magic spells to get people to do things rather than a means of facilitating a bond of trust. "Karma" is built up in woo woo hippie circles as this cosmic force but if you read about it within the context of their culture it essentially just means "your doing" or "the consequences of your own actions" yet it's treated like some mystical concept that only the most enlightened bodhisattvas can grasp.
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