These are the major plane crashes in India

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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 Savarwal 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. Of which there were 2 pilots, 10 cabin crew members and 230 passengers. Out of which 169 are Indian passengers .

This accident is the biggest after a decade in the Indian aviation sector . On August 7, 2020, an Air India plane crashed while landing at the Calicut International Airport in Kerala. In that accident, 18 people died and 172 people were safe.

Major plane crashes in India

On May 22, 2010, Air India's Dubai-Menglore flight crashed into the waist of an oversuit at Mangalore Airport. 158 people died in that accident. 8 people survived the accident.
On 17 July 2000, an Alliance Air flight crashed in a residential area of Patna, killing 55 people on board and 5 people on the ground.
On 12 November 1996, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Kazakhstan Airlines collided in the sky at Charkhi Dadri, killing 349 people from both planes.
On 26 April 1993, an Indian Airlines plane crashed in Aurangabad, killing 55 people and injuring 66 others.
On 16 August 1991, an Indian Airlines plane crashed in Imphal, killing 69 people.
On 14 February 1990, an Indian Airlines plane crashed at Bangalore airport, killing 92 people.
On 19 October 1988, an Indian Airlines plane crashed at Ahmedabad Airport. 133 people died in that accident.
On 22 June 1982, an Air India plane crashed in Mumbai due to bad weather and 17 people died. 94 people managed to survive the accident.
On 1 January 1978, 213 people died when an Air India plane crashed on Mumbai's Bandra beach.
On 12 October 1973, an Indian Airlines plane crashed at Delhi Airport, killing 48 people and injuring 17.
On 14 June 1972, 82 people died when a Japan Airlines plane crashed near Delhi Airport.
On 28 July 1963, a United Arab Airlines plane crashed at Mumbai airport, killing 63 people.
On July 7, 1962, the Altilia ship crashed in the northern part of Mumbai, killing 94 people.

These are the major plane crashes in India

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