Air India plane crash that is trapped on camera: 30 seconds after the take-off flight burst into flames | Today news

What started as a routine rise for Air India Flight AI-171 became a tragedy, with the horrible moment captured on a CCTV camera in Ahmedabad. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departed at about 1:39 pm from the runway 23 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday, with 242 people-including 169 Indian Nationals, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian passenger. The footage shows that the plane is raising smoothly. Within seconds, however, something went terribly wrong. The Dreamliner couldn’t get the right height. Instead of constantly climbing, it jumped forward at a dangerously low height. For a short moment, it looked like an equal flight path above the city. Then it started to fall. Within 30 seconds, the plane crashed into the doctors’ residence of a medical college in Meghaninagar, just beyond the airport boundary. The impact was catastrophic. Flames burst, and thick black smoke placed in the air. Glass and concrete debris came down. A place intended for healing has been reduced to debris and chaos. One survivor saved emergency teams to the site and started through the rubble. In a wonderful find, one survivor was pulled out of the wreckage – put in 11a, injured and bloody, but alive. He was taken to the hospital immediately for treatment. Police Commissioner GS Malik confirmed the survivor to Ani and warned that the full extent of the casualty was still being assessed. “We can’t say anything definite yet. The plane crashed into a residential area. The numbers can rise, ‘he said. The accident also led to death on the ground – five people in the residence were immediately dead. Mayday call before silence According to air traffic control, the pilots issued a Mayday call moments after takeoff. After that, all communications stopped. The plane crashed just beyond the perimeter of the airport and ended in a fiery wreck. Air India identified the pilots as captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a veteran with more than 8,200 flight hours, and first officer Clive Kundar, who recorded 1100 hours of flight experience. The airline issued an official statement expressing the deep sadness of the incident. It also announced a dedicated helpline for families of those on board: 1800 5691 444. “Air India promises full cooperation with investigators,” the statement added.