An Air India plane crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad yesterday, leaving at least 204 people dead.
BBC News reports that the aircraft – a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – had a total of 256 seats on board, and was carrying 242 passengers and crew, including 53 British nationals, 169 Indian nationals, one Canadian national, and seven Portuguese nationals.
They say Ahmedabad’s Police Commissioner, GS Malik, revealed that 204 bodies had been recovered, while 41 people were being treated for injuries.
GS Malik had earlier told news agencies that there appeared to be no survivors from the crash, and that some local residents might also have died, given where the plane came down, however, a survivor was later discovered.
The plane crashed into a doctors’ hostel, and a photograph taken after the crash shows abandoned tables and plates of food in the hostel's canteen.
Source:
BBC News
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