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Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad Kills Dozens
A passenger plane crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, India, resulting in numerous fatalities and prompting a large-scale rescue operation.
Tragedy struck as an Air India passenger plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.First responders extinguished the flames engulfing the wreckage and a nearby building. The scene was grim,with charred bodies visible.
Graphic content: An air India plane crashes in Ahmedabad on Thursday.Credit: X
early reports indicated that at least 30 bodies were recovered from a building at the crash site, with fears that more people were trapped.According to a senior police officer, rescue efforts were focused on clearing the area, especially a doctor’s hostel where the plane crashed. “The building on which it has crashed is a doctor’s hostel … we have cleared almost 70 per cent to 80 per cent of the area and will clear the rest soon,” the officer stated.
Bhupendra Patel, the chief minister of Gujarat, announced the establishment of a dedicated corridor to expedite the transport of injured passengers to hospitals, as reported by The New York Times.
