Police in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad said more than 240 people were killed on Thursday when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed on to a medical college hostel,

An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad. Authorities fear no survivors.

An Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members en route to the United Kingdom crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Thursday, leaving 246 dead and at least one surviving passenger,

Ramesh Viswashkumar, the only known survivor out of the 242 people onboard an Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, had been sitting near an emergency exit of the London-bound flight and managed to jump out,

Air India said that 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and a Canadian were on board. Vijay Rupani, the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021, was on the flight. The number of dead is unconfirmed,

The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

The incident occurred in the Meghaninagar area, not far from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, and has been confirmed by the State Police Control Room

India has urged China to ensure stability and transparency in the supply of rare earth elements, following Beijing’s move to impose special export permits on seven critical minerals and associated magnets.