President Ramchandra Paudel has said that he is shocked by the news that the Air India plane that was flying from Ahmedabad to London crashed on Thursday. President Paudel, who expressed deep sorrow for the priceless human loss caused by the accident, mentioned it on social network X.

B787 Dreamliner flight AI 171 flying to London at 1:38 PM Indian time crashed after take off.

Air India has said that there were 242 passengers on board the plane that crashed. The ship was being flown by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kunder. Captain Sabharwal has 8,200 hours of experience and co-pilot Kundar has 1,100 hours of experience, according to the Indian media citing the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India.

Air India has informed through X that there are 242 people on board including the cabin crew. Among them were 2 pilots, 10 cabin crew members and 230 passengers. Out of which 169 are Indian passengers. Similarly, Air India said that there are 53 passengers from the UK, 7 passengers from Portugal and 1 passenger from Canada. According to the Indian media, former Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani was also on board the ship.