Firefighters work at the site of a plane crash in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, on Thursday, June 12.
An Air India flight carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed shortly after taking off in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. There was no immediate information about survivors, but India’s health minister said “many people” had died.
The plane, which took off at 1:38 p.m. and was bound for London Gatwick Airport, crashed into a dining facility at a local medical college. At least five students died, according to Minakshi Parikh, the dean of the college.
Photos released by India’s Central Industrial Security Force, which oversees airport security, showed extensive damage on the medical college campus. One handout photo from the agency showed the rear half of the plane sticking out from a damaged building.
