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Air India Plane Crash: Tata Group Announces ₹1 Crore to Families of Each Passenger Killed in Ahmedabad Tragedy
- An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, bound for London's Gatwick Airport.
- The aircraft lost power within seconds after takeoff, with flightradar data showing it climbed to 625 feet before descending rapidly and crashing into a medical college in the Meghani Nagar neighborhood.
- The crash killed over 200 people, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, with one passenger surviving and being treated for multiple injuries.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed profound sorrow, and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg pledged full cooperation with investigators, noting that "It all happened so quickly."
- The incident triggered investigations by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and the US National Transportation Safety Board, supported by GE Aerospace as authorities seek to determine the cause.
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On the 13th, Air India announced that 241 of the 242 passengers and crew on board the plane that crashed in Ahmedabad, western India, on the afternoon of the 12th had died. According to local media, one British man in his 40s miraculously survived. It is believed that many others were also killed on the ground, and confirmation efforts are ongoing.
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