An Air India plane carrying 242 people has crashed in Ahmedabad, in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters in decades.
Video footage shows the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane – which had been bound for London Gatwick – coming down just outside Ahmedabad airport, where it hit a doctors’ hostel in a residential area.
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Air India, which started operations in 1932, and its subsidiary Air India Express have suffered several fatal and non-fatal crashes over the years.
According to Aviation Safety Network (ASN) the most recent fatal crashes were:
• May 2010: Boeing 737-800 (Air India Express) overshot the runway at Mangalore, India, and crashed into a gorge, killing 158 people.
• August 2020: Boeing 737-800 (Air India Express) after landing in Karipur, India, the aircraft left the runway, rolled down an embankment and broke up, killing 21 people.
Here are some recent non-fatal incidents, according to ASN, which references various sources:
• September 2024: Boeing 737-8HG (Air India Express) suffered engine problems after taking off from Delhi, which was confirmed by the airline, and the aircraft returned to the airport.
• October 2024: Boeing 737-8HG (Air India Express) declared an emergency immediately after take-off due to a hydraulic issue in Tamil Nadu, eventually landing safely, which a local minister said had affected the landing gear.
• December 2024: Airbus A320-251N started the take-off roll (the start of building up speed to take off) on a taxiway instead of the runway at Goa, according to the aviation safety regulator, but stopped when alerted by a tower controller.
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• December 2024: Boeing 737-86N (Air India Express) returned to land at Kochi after tyre debris was found on the runway, according to Onmanorama, a local news outlet in Kerala.
• January 2025: Airbus A320-251N suffered an engine shutdown after departing Bangalore and landed safely at the same location, according to the Times of India.
This story originally appeared on Skynews
