A plane has crashed near the Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat, India.
According to India Today, the accident happened on Thursday afternoon in the Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad.
The Air India plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers, reportedly crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport, heading for London.
Details about the crash are still coming in, but images from the area show thick black smoke in the air.













