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Air India has axed 8 prepared plane journeys following the crash that killed 270 people.

The company's Gatwick-bound airplane carrying 242 guests, including 53 British nationals, crashed simply minutes after liftoff from in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened back down to earth in the densely inhabited Meghani area of the city minutes after leaving the runway at about 1.40 pm local time (8.10 am BST) last Thursday.

Now aircrafts allocated to travel for Air India in between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have actually been called off - and authorities have also started inspecting Air India's entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said.

Factors involved include unavailability of aircraft, technical problems, airspace constraints and extended safety checks, the Guardian reported.

Meanwhile, another Air India flight on the same path as the airplane that crashed recently has actually been cancelled since of 'precautionary checks', the airline said.

Flight AI159 was planned to leave Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10 pm local time on Tuesday, and reach London Gatwick airport at 6.25 pm BST.

Air India's site reveals the flight was at first postponed by one hour and 50 minutes but was later cancelled.

Air India's Gatwick-bound plane carrying 242 travelers, including 53 British nationals, crashed just minutes after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport last Thursday

People hold candles as they participate in a special prayer event for the victims of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner airplane

India's civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu made a statement after the catastrophe

A flight from Gatwick to Amritsar, India, set to depart at 8pm BST was also axed.

The cancelled flights were scheduled to be run by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the very same type of aircraft that crashed soon after take-off at Ahmedabad last Thursday.

An Air India representative stated: 'Flight AI 159 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick has actually been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the airplane,.

That was aid to be resulting from airspace restrictions and additional preventive checks, leading to longer than normal turnaround of aircraft, and not due to any technical snag as claimed.

'We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to our travelers and have made alternative arrangements to fly them to their location.'

The airline said affected travelers are being provided hotel accommodation and full refunds or rescheduling.

Last week's crash was one of the most dangerous aircraft mishaps in regards to the number of British nationals eliminated.

The Air India airplane struck a medical college hostel in a domestic part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 individuals on board, 52 of whom were British.

The Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, consisting of 2 pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday soon after takeoff from an airport in Gujarat

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The sole surviving traveler was UK national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

Among the victims were Akeel Nanawaba, Hannaa Vorajee and their daughter Sarah, 4, Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, Javed Ali Syed, his other half and two kids, Raxa Modha, her grandson Rudra and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar, and Ajaykumar Ramesh, the sibling of the disaster's only survivor.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh (envisioned), who was seated in 11A, is British and informed the Hindustan Times he had lived in London for twenty years.

His sibling Ajaykumar accompanied him on the flight and was sat on the opposite of the aisle in seat 11J, however he sadly perished in the fireball surge.

Among the other victims were Akeel Nanawaba, 36, his spouse Hannaa Vorajee, 30, and their child Sarah, 4, who had actually been flying home from a five-day family celebration when the Dreamliner crashed.
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The successful young couple ran an international recruitment company with workplaces in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.

Their stunned organization partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori informed MailOnline: 'I had dinner with them last night. They were a beautiful family and Akeel and his wife were extremely successful people.'

Mr Nagori stated he was too upset to discover the words to describe their child Sarah who had spent time with her grandpa during the brief visit.

Search and save groups react to the scene of an aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Debris is seen at the website where Air India flight 171 crashed in a suburb near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025

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He stated: 'They were here to celebrate a household festival and to invest some time with Akeel's dad.

'Akeel was an actually excellent guy, I remain in shock, we were all having supper together the night before.'

Mr Nagori was with hundreds of other loved ones of crash victims waiting for updates at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.

He established recruitment business Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the managing director.

Javed Ali Syed, a hotel supervisor at the Best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his wife Mariam were also guests on the fallen Air India Flight 171 today/

A video published to social media appeared to reveal the plane coming down in a controlled manner with a high nose angle and landing gear released/

The aircraft for a moment vanished from view behind trees and structures.
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Recently widowed Raxa Modha, 55, her grandson two-year-old Rudra, and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar are all believed to have been onboard the unfortunate airliner.

Wreckage of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner lies at the website where the Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025

Civilians surround parts of the jet that apparently smashed into a medical college canteen

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Mrs Modha had actually been in India for a long time fulfilling the passing away dream of her ill partner Kishor who had wished to live out his last days in his homeland.

Following his current passing, the mother-of-three was returning with her household to their home in Northamptonshire when disaster struck today.

In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha - the young child's daddy and Raxa's son - had actually likewise been in India but was not on the flight as he was due to capture another tomorrow.

Talking to MailOnline, a family friend stated: 'It's exceptionally unfortunate, the whole household is currently grieving Kishor's death.

Air hostess Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was called by regional media as being on board the unfortunate Flight 171/

Neighbours at her household's removed home in Wellingborough said Mrs Modha is a 'charming lady'.

They said she had actually remained in India for an extended duration to support her partner who was fighting an illness.

The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra used his condolences to the household on a post on Facebook adding it was devastating for the regional community.

Rescuers operate at the website of an aircraft that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025

Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, unbelievely made it through the airplane catastrophe. Pictured: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) conference with Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in an Ahmedabad medical facility

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'I extend my inmost condolences to their households, good friends, and all those affected by this heartbreaking occasion,' he included.

Aviation specialists state that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may have suddenly lost power 'at the most critical stage of flight' after departure.

The possible causes are believed to include a fast change in wind or a bird strike leading to a double engine stall.

Officials from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau are now at the scene to perform an analysis of the wreckage and retrieve the stricken jet's black box.

Videos reveals the airplane quickly losing elevation - with its nose up - before it hit a building and emerged in a violent surge.

In the beginning, the airplane appears to be coming down in a regulated manner with a high nose angle and landing equipment released.

It then briefly vanishes from view behind trees and structures before a huge fireball suddenly appears on the horizon.

A big trail of smoke can subsequently be seen billowing from the crash site.

The airplane's sole survivor in medical facility with a bloodied face and injuries after the awful crash, which declared the life of his more youthful sibling

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Other video clips show a substantial cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed onlookers gather in the streets of the Indian city as chaos unfolds.

Footage also showed portions of the plane's fuselage and tail extending from a destroyed structure.

Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering stacks of debris with their hoses as pictures and videos taken by horrified locals in Meghani showed a huge plume of thick black smoke originating from the crash website.

The flight supposedly reached an elevation of just 625 feet before it began to descend, according to flight tracking service Flightradar 24,.

The organisation stated the airplane's transponder signal dropped simply seconds after it left the runway.

Flightradar 24 included:" We got the last signal from the aircraft at 08:08:51 UTC, simply seconds after remove. '

India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the aircraft sent out a mayday call minutes before the crash.

Air India's chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran shared a statement that read: 'With extensive grief I verify that Air India Flight 171 running Ahmedabad London Gatwick was associated with an awful accident yesterday.

Astonishing video showed the male ignoring the scene with some noticeable injuries to his face

Air India's chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has actually posted a statement

'It is very disappointing that it is a Dreamliner as it is a modern Boeing. We can not dismiss security issues. But this is all speculation on my part.'

'Our ideas and deepest condolences are with the households and enjoyed among all those impacted by this devastating occasion

'At this minute, our primary focus is on supporting all the affected people and their families.

'We are doing everything in our power to assist the emergency situation action teams at the website and to provide all necessary support and care to those affected.'