2025 CE · disaster

Air India Flight AI171 Crashes in Ahmedabad

On 12 June 2025, Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after take-off. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's preliminary report recorded 260 fatalities: 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 people on the ground. AAIB opened a formal investigation under India's aircraft-accident investigation framework.

Air India Boeing 787-8 registration VT-ANB, the aircraft later operating Flight AI171, photographed in April 2025 — Photograph of the exact aircraft, VT-ANB, taken on 27 April 2025 before the 12 June crash; it is not a crash-scene image. · Credit: Kokitakagi · License: CC BY 4.0

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Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau — Preliminary Report, Air India Flight AI171 / VT-ANB

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