09:27⇢Air India Dreamliner Erupts in Flames
⌨The newspapers report a major Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash near Ahmedabad airport, with the London-bound flight carrying 242 people erupting in flames shortly after takeoff (Aaj Tak, ABP Live, Dainik Bhaskar, Dinamalar, Firstpost, India Today, Jagran, Jansatta, NDTV, Scroll, The Hindu, The Print, Times of India, Zee News). The aircraft crashed in the Shahibaug/Meghaninagar residential area near the airport, with emergency responders and the National Disaster Response Force rushing to the scene amid thick black smoke. Sources report that former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among the passengers and may have been injured in the crash (Dainik Bhaskar, Zee News). The flight was operating as Air India 171 with 230 passengers and 12 crew members aboard when the accident occurred during takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.