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Air India Boeing 787 Carrying 242 Passengers Crashes After Takeoff
Thursday June 12, 2025. 02:45 PM , from Slashdot
![]() Flight AI171 was carrying 242 passengers and crew. Video footage shared on social media showed a giant plume of smoke engulfing the crash site, with no reports of survivors. [UPDATE: Reuters reports one passenger jumped out of the emergency exit and survived, with a senior police officer saying 'chances are that there might be more survivors among the injured who are being treated in the hospital.'] The aircraft entered a slow descent shortly after taking off, with its landing gear still extended before exploding into a huge fireball upon impact. The crash took place in a residential area, which could mean a higher death toll... The pilots in command issued a mayday call immediately after take-off to air traffic controllers, according to India's civil aviation regulator. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/1224214/air-india-boeing-787-carrying-242-passengers-crashe...
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