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12-06-2025
A social media video shows an Air India passenger plane with 242 people on board crashing in flames and sending thick smoke into the air shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, en route to London’s Gatwick. CNN segments indicate ongoing analysis of flight data and video, with additional footage from the crash site, but no further confirmed details on casualties or cause are provided in the clip description.
Entities: Air India, Ahmedabad, London Gatwick, CNN, flight data analysis • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
12-06-2025
An Air India Boeing 787-8 (flight AI171) crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad at 1:39 p.m. local time en route to London Gatwick, killing at least 290 people, including nearly all 242 on board and others on the ground when it struck a hospital hostel less than a mile from the airport. Flight data showed the aircraft reached about 625 feet before losing signal and descending; a Mayday was issued within a minute of takeoff. Videos captured the jet struggling to gain altitude before a fireball erupted behind residential buildings. Only one passenger, identified as British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, survived with non-critical injuries. The crash, among the deadliest since 2014, prompted national mourning and a government response, with casualty numbers among hostel occupants still being finalized.
Entities: Air India, Boeing 787-8, Ahmedabad, London Gatwick, AI171 • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
12-06-2025
A video appears to show the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash in India, involving 242 people, walking away from the wreckage. CNN reports the footage as part of broader coverage, including analysis of flight data and the crash site.
Entities: India, CNN, plane crash, sole survivor, flight data • Tone: analytical • Sentiment: neutral • Intent: inform
12-06-2025
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin, is the sole survivor of an Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 241 of 242 people on board. Seated in 11A by an emergency exit near the left wing, he escaped through a small gap by the door, suffering burns but avoiding critical injuries; doctors expect his release within days. Ramesh had been returning to the UK after visiting family; his brother, also on the flight, did not survive. Experts called his survival near the wing area “incredibly surprising.” The crash also killed people in a nearby medical college hostel, with the death toll expected to rise. The flight was bound for London Gatwick and carried Indian, British, Canadian, and Portuguese nationals.
Entities: Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, Air India, Ahmedabad, London Gatwick, emergency exit row 11A • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
12-06-2025
An Air India flight to London with 242 people aboard crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, with authorities fearing almost all were killed. World leaders expressed condolences and solidarity: India’s PM Narendra Modi called the tragedy heartbreaking; UK PM Keir Starmer and King Charles voiced shock and support for victims’ families; messages also came from Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif, the Vatican on behalf of Pope Leo XIV, Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus, EU’s Ursula von der Leyen, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Australia’s Anthony Albanese, and Ireland’s Michael Martin. Many pledged support and noted ongoing monitoring of the situation.
Entities: Air India, Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi, Keir Starmer, King Charles • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
12-06-2025
A single survivor, 38-year-old Viswash Kumar Ramesh, emerged from the wreckage of Air India Flight 171, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing the other 241 people onboard, including his brother Ajay. Disoriented and injured but out of danger, he managed to video call his father from the crash site, expressing shock and confusion about how he survived and noting he couldn’t find other passengers. His family in Leicester, England, is grieving and stunned; doctors have advised Viswash to rest and turned off his phone while he recovers.
Entities: Air India Flight 171, Viswash Kumar Ramesh, Ajay, Ahmedabad, Leicester, England • Tone: emotional • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
