Indian plane with over 200 passengers on board crashes in Ahmedabad

Thick plumes of smoke billowing from the plane's wreckage can be seen in this still taken from a video. — Screengrab/YouTubeAn Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in India's western city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said on Thursday, without specifying whether there were any fatalities.The plane was headed to London's Gatwick airportin the UK, Air India said, while police officers said it crashed in a civilian area near the airport. "At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates," Air India said on X.The crash occurred when the aircraft was taking off, television channels reported. Visuals showed debris on fire, with thick black smoke rising up into the sky near the airport.A total of 242 people were on board the flight, news agency ANI reported, citing Gujarat state's police control room.India's CNN News18 TV channel, however, said there were 220 passengers and 12 crew on the plane.This is a developing story and is being updated with more details setTimeout(function(){ var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.setAttribute="async"; scriptElement.src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/lazysizes.min.js"; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); }, 1000); //setTimeout(function(){ $('.medium-insert-images').find('figure').show() }, 3000); var loadDeferredJS = function() { var lazyloadjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/lazysizes.min.js']; var alljs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/thirdparty.js?ver=133']; var jqueryjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/jquery.min_new.js?ver=43']; var bootstrapjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/bootstarp.js?ver=55']; var sliderjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/swiper.min.js']; var firebaseappjs = ['https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/8.10.1/firebase-app.js']; var firebasejs = ['https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/8.10.1/firebase-analytics.js','https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/8.10.1/firebase-messaging.js']; var firebasejs_tokenjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/push_notification.js?v=1.511']; var alljscustom = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/my.js?ver=232366','https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/mycustom.js?ver=646']; /*setTimeout(function(){ lazyloadjs.forEach(function (item,index) { var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); }); }, 500);*/ setTimeout(function(){ jqueryjs.forEach(function (item,index) { var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); }); }, 1000); // setTimeout(function(){ // bootstrapjs.forEach(function (item,index) { // var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); // scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; // scriptElement.src = item; // document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); // }); // }, 2000); const jqueryIntervalcheck = setInterval(function () { if(typeof jQuery !== "undefined"){ clearInterval(jqueryIntervalcheck); setTimeout(function(){ sliderjs.forEach(function (item,index) { if(item == 'https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/swiper.min.js'){ var story_embed_gallery = $('.story-area').find('.embedgallery').length; //var story_embed_gallery = 0; if(parseInt(story_embed_gallery) > 0){ var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); } } }); }, 100); setTimeout(function(){ alljscustom.forEach(function (item,index) { var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); }); }, 1300); /*const jqueryIntervalcount = setInterval(function () { if(typeof jQuery !== "undefined"){ clearInterval(jqueryIntervalcount);*/ if($('.infogram-embed').length > 0 || $('embedinfogram').length > 0) { !function (e, t, n, s) { var i = "InfogramEmbeds", o = e.getElementsByTagName(t)[0], d = /^http:/.test(e.location) ? 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