Air India Boeing 787-8 [Credit: Shutterstock/Soos Jozsef]
Key Takeaways:
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, en route to London, with initial reports indicating no survivors from the jet and at least 30 fatalities on the ground.
The aircraft came down in a residential neighborhood, striking a state-run Medical College building, with medical students reported among the dead.
This marks the first crash of a Boeing 787-8; investigations will focus on a Mayday call, potential loss of engine thrust, and deployment of emergency systems like the ram air turbine, suggesting a loss of hydraulic or electrical power.
A Boeing 787 crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. The aircraft, operated by Air India, was bound for London with 242 people on board.
Reuters reports that at least 30 people were killed when the aircraft came down in a residential neighborhood near the airport. Aviation tracking site Flightradar24 reports the airplane is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
