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June 12, 2025 at 09:49 AM
A total of 242 passengers were on board the flight, Reuters has reported. All flights out of Ahmedabad have been temporarily suspended, the news agency said.
Citing local police, the Financial Times said the plane crashed "within 10 minutes" of take-off from the airport in Ahmedabad.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 said in a post on social media that it was following reports of a crash involving Air India flight Al171.
The plane was a Boeing (NYSE:BA) 787-8
Dreamliner, Flightradar24 noted, adding that the first flight of the aircraft was in December 2013 and it was delivered to Air India in
January 2014. Shares in Boeing were down by more than 6% in pre-market U.S. trading.