Boeing 787 Dreamliner — with 242 people on board crashed into a medical college complex in the Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the airport on Thursday afternoon.

An Air India flight with 242 passengers crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, reports said. The Boeing 787 aircraft was traveling to London’s Gatwick airport. Footage shared on social media showed black smoke billowing from the crash site,

This comes nearly a month after a Turkish company managing operations at nine major Indian airports lost its security clearance, following Ankara's stance supporting Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.