Air India Flight 787 CRASHES Over Ahmedabad! What Really Happened?

Post by : Elena Malik

Air India Flight AI 171, a Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner carrying 242 souls bound for London Gatwick, crashed just 30 seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport, plowing into a hostel at B.J. Medical College during lunchtime. Tragically, over 240 people perished, both onboard and on the ground, with only one miraculous survivor—a British‑Indian passenger in seat 11A .

Rescue forces including NDRF, IAF, BSF, NSG and local firefighters rushed to the blaze amid thick smoke, debris and the stench of jet fuel. Investigators have recovered a black box and are combing through the wreckage while conducting DNA identification of victims .

Preliminary findings show the jet climbed to just under 2,000 ft before making a sharp descent—experts suspect an engine malfunction following a Mayday call. This marks the first fatal crash of a Boeing 787 and the worst aviation disaster worldwide in a decade.