
Air India's AI-171 plane crashed near Sardar Vallabhbhai patel international airport in ahmedabad, gujarat today (12 June). This flight was going from ahmedabad to London. This accident happened near Meghaninagar in Ahmedabad. At present, rescue and recovery work is going on. At the same time, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over this accident.
On the ahmedabad plane crash, cm Yogi said - "A tragic accident has happened in ahmedabad, a plane has crashed. It was going to London, many passengers have lost their lives. I pray for the safety of the passengers, my condolences to the bereaved families." Along with this, UP deputy cm Keshav prasad Maurya posted on instagram and wrote - "The incident of plane crash in ahmedabad, gujarat is very heartbreaking and painful. I pray to god for everyone's safety."
Let us tell you that when this flight crashed, there were a total of 242 people on board, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members. At the same time, air india has expressed grief over this accident and has also blackened the DP of its social media account. air india said that there are 169 indian citizens, 53 british citizens, 1 Canadian citizen and 7 Portuguese citizens in the flight that crashed. Along with this, air india has also issued passenger helpline number 1800 5691 444.
At the same time, there is no exact information about the people who died in this accident, but many people are feared dead. A senior gujarat police officer said that the police and other agencies reached the spot within 2-3 minutes of the accident. About 70-80% of the area has been cleared and rescue work is being done by all the agencies.