12:57⇢Air India Boeing Explodes With No Survivors
⌨The newspapers report on the Air India Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad confirming no survivors among the 242 people aboard, with police stating "there are apparently no survivors" after the aircraft exploded shortly after takeoff bound for London (BFMTV, France TV Info, Le Figaro, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L'Express, Libération). The pilots had sent a distress signal to air traffic control before the Boeing crashed and exploded on impact. Meanwhile, European MEP Rima Hassan and five others from the Gaza flotilla "Madleen" face expulsion from Israel by Friday morning, as two additional pro-Gaza militant actions commence - the Global March departing Egypt and the Soumoud caravan attempting to reach Gaza via Cairo from Libya (Le Monde). Domestically, Mediapart reports controversy over the Hellfest music festival programming Norwegian drummer Bård Eithun, convicted of killing a gay man with thirty-seven knife wounds, alongside other problematic artists.