More than 200 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 passengers crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12.
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00:01More than 200 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 passengers
00:06crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12.
00:11Authorities say this is the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.
00:15The plane came down in a residential area, hitting a medical college hostel near the airport.
00:21Police say at least one person is known to have survived.
00:25City Police Chief G.S. Malik told Reuters that 204 bodies were recovered from the crash site, including passengers and people killed on the ground.
00:33The plane was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, one of the most modern passenger planes.
00:39This was the first crash involving a Dreamliner, which started flying in 2011.
00:44The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will lead a group of U.S. investigators going to India to help with the investigation.
