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Air India flight with 242 on board crashes in India, no survivors

Air India flight with 242 on board crashes in India no survivors

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed immediately after take-off from Ahmedabad airport this afternoon, in one of the worst ever aviation tragedies in India.

There were 232 passengers and 10 crew on the flight which was headed to London.

None of them survived the crash, officials said, reports NDTV.

The plane slammed into a hostel for doctors of a medical college, killing five students.

Visuals from the crash site show debris had pierced through the wall of a dining hall of the hostel, with food still visible on some of the plates.

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