Categories: India

Ahmedabad Airplane Crash: Check the devastated images and videos

Follow Newsd On

Ahmedabad Airplane Crash: The airplane crash accident in a residential area near Ahmedabad Airport has shook the world. An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 242 people on board, came crashing down just minutes after take-off.

The Boeing 787 aircraft had departed from Ahmedabad Airport at 1:17 PM and was headed to London. According to these reports, that plane crashed into a student’s hostel and the first photos from the crash site have just surfaced.

Operations at Ahmedabad airport temporarily suspended after plane crash: Airport spokesperson

Ahmedabad Airplane Crash

Eyewitnesses described seeing thick clouds of smoke rising from the wreckage in the Dharpur district, just outside of Meghani Nagar. The plane reportedly hit a tree before hitting the ground in a heavily populated urban residential neighborhood.

As seen in the crash site, in the Meghani Nagar neighborhood of Ahmedabad, the impact left mangled wreckage scattered throughout the area.

Emergency response teams including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), fire services and local police have been rushed to the scene to carry out rescue operations and douse the fire.

As the death toll rises, dozens of ambulances stand ready to whisk victims to hospitals across Ahmedabad, where medics are on emergency footing to see any survivors.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has praised the activation of an Operational Control Room at the Ministry of Civil Aviation in New Delhi to coordinate the overall emergency response.

The command centers have been installed both in Delhi and Ahmedabad to help with information and maintenance support:The airplane crash accident in a residential area near Ahmedabad Airport has shook the world marble capital of India and surrounding area.

An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 242 people on board, came crashing down just minutes after take-off.

The control centers have been installed both in Delhi and Ahmedabad to help with information and maintenance support:

Delhi Control Room: 011-24610843 | 9650391859

Ahmedabad Operation Control Room: 9978405304 | 079-23251900

“We remain fully committed to ensuring a prompt and coordinated response, and extend our complete support to all those affected,” AAI stated.

Meanwhile, Air India has changed its DP to black following the plane crash.

Newsd

Published by

Newsd

1 year ago

This website uses cookies.