242 passengers were on board the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was also on board the ship

Jestha 29, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

242 passengers were on board the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad

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According to Air India, there were 242 passengers on the plane that crashed near the Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat, India. B787 Dreamliner flight AI 171 flying to London at 1:38 PM Indian time crashed after take off.

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 is also on board the ship.

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