# An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London’s Gatwick Airport has crashed just minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad in western India today. The plane carried 242 people, including 11 children. The airline says passengers include 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. It crashed into a doctors’ hostel near the airport, with many people confirmed dead. The pilots issued a May Day call, but lost contact shortly after. UK prime minister Keir Starmer calls the scenes devastating.
Multiple fatalities reported after Air India flight to London crashes after take-off