- AHMEDABAD — The death toll in the Air India plane tragedy touched 270 on
Saturday with doctors saying that these many bodies have been brought to the
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital from the crash site so far.
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- Officials said the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service
(AFES) recovered a corpse and some human body parts in the last 24 hours from
the plane crash site.
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- The authorities had earlier pegged the death toll at 265.
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NDRF and security personnel at the site of the Air India
plane crash, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, June 14, 2025. A London-bound Air India
plane crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday,
killing 241 people on board, and several others on the ground. (PTI Photo/Kunal
Patil)
- The Centre has set up a high-level multi-disciplinary
committee, headed by the Union home secretary, to examine the causes that led
to the Air India plane crash, and also suggest comprehensive guidelines to
prevent such incidents in the future.
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- The London-bound Air India flight, a Boeing 787
Dreamliner (AI 171) with 242 people on board, crashed into a medical hostel and
its canteen complex in the Meghaninagar area on Thursday afternoon, moments
after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
Also read: Ahmedabad plane crash: 241 dead, one survivor as Air India Dreamliner crashes after takeoff
