UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic Air India Flight AI171 crash that occurred shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. The flight, bound for London Gatwick, had 242 people onboard, including 53 British nationals. In his statement, Starmer offered condolences to the victims' families and assured that the UK government is in close coordination with Indian authorities to support affected families and gather further details.
00:00Images and news from India is absolutely devastating and I speak for the entire country saying our thoughts are with each and every one of those involved.
00:30I'm a proud member of the United States of America.
01:00well the images and news from india is absolutely devastating and i speak for the entire country
01:26saying our thoughts are with each and every one of those involved there will be british and indian
01:31families across the land who are absolutely impacted by this and our thoughts first and
01:36foremost are with them obviously the investigation is going on we've dispatched an investigation team
01:43that's been deployed the foreign secretary is leading um on this and we'll obviously update
01:47as soon as we can but we're working with the indian authorities on this to establish
01:52uh the facts i would say to all families friends of anybody affected to please contact the foreign
