Air India Dreamliner crashes into Ahmedabad college hostel, kills over 240 | 12 June 2025 | More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London [Flight AI171] crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, with 242 people on board, which was headed for Gatwick Airport, south of the British capital, had only one survivor after it crashed onto a medical college hostel during lunch hour. The sole survivor is a British national of Indian origin and is being treated in a hospital, the airline confirmed.