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A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India.
Flight AI171 was travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick.
There were 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the flight, Air India says.
Videos show scenes of devastation in the residential area where the plane came down – our reporter at the site says the scenes are shocking.
The plane crashed into accommodation used by doctors – one woman describes how her son survived by jumping from the second floor window.
Tracking website Flightradar24 says it received the last signal from the aircraft at 625ft (190m) “just seconds after take off”.
(BBC)
