Air India Flight Crashes Near Ahmedabad, 242 Dead

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people, including 53 British nationals, crashed near Ahmedabad airport shortly after takeoff, with no survivors. The crash is the deadliest aviation disaster involving British citizens since 9/11 and is considered one of the worst global aviation disasters in the past decade. Emergency workers and investigators are facing significant challenges at the complex crash site. Comparisons have been drawn to other major tragedies, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 and Air France flight 447 in 2009. Recent years have also seen fatal air incidents in South Korea, Kazakhstan, and Japan. The disaster underscores the rarity but devastating impact of such accidents and is expected to have lasting implications for aviation safety and investigations.