Air India Boeing 787-8 [Credit: Shutterstock/Soos Jozsef]
Key Takeaways:
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight Al171 with 242 people on board, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, bound for London, with reports indicating no survivors from the jet.
The aircraft impacted a residential neighborhood, specifically the dining area of a state-run Medical College at lunchtime, causing casualties among people on the ground, including medical students.
This incident marks the first crash of a Boeing 787-8, with investigators focusing on a "Mayday" call made shortly after departure, potential engine thrust loss, and the deployment of an emergency ram air turbine.
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.
