The Ahmedabad plane crash incident astonished an entire nation. A plane crashed minutes after takeoff from the airport. Yesterday afternoon, when the news broke on social media platforms and news channels, no one could believe their eyes.

Several videos on media platforms showed the moment of the disaster. Eminent personalities like Virat Kohli also expressed their feelings and emotions about the tragic incident. The legendary cricketer took to social media and expressed his shock and grief.

"Shocked to hear about the plane crash at Ahmedabad today. Prayers for all those affected and thoughts with their families," Kohli said this through a social media post.

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The London-bound Air India plane was carrying a total of 242 passengers, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian, seven Portuguese nationals, and 12 crew members. Air India confirmed the incident in a statement on X. "Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today, 12 June 2025. At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest."

A statement was released regarding the shocking and tragic incident

A state aviation regulatory body informed that the aircraft was under the command of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal with First Officer Clive Kundar, and Captain Sumeet Sabharwal is an LTC with 8200 hours of experience. The copilot had 1100 hours of flying experience. As per ATC, the aircraft departed from Ahmadabad at 1339 IST (0809 UTC) from runway 23.

"It gave a MAYDAY call to ATC, but thereafter no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC. The aircraft, immediately after departure from Runway 23, fell on the ground outside the airport perimeter. Heavy black smoke was seen coming from the accident site", the statement further added.