The world awoke this morning to the horrifying news of the Air India crash. Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was travelling from Ahmedabad, India, to London Gatwick, United Kingdom, and crashed shortly after take-off at 13:38. To rub salt into the wound, the plane crashed into a building providing accommodation for doctors and near a major hospital.
On board were 242 passengers and crew: 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian. As of writing, there are 105 confirmed casualties and the recovery operation is undergoing, though the Ahmedabad police commissioner has sadly confirmed that, of those on the plane, there “appears to be no survivors“.
