On June 12, 2025, Air India Flight AI 171, a Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner (registration VT‑ANB), departed from Ahmedabad en route to London Gatwick. With its landing gear still extended, the plane crashed into a hostel building at B.J. Medical College in the Meghani Nagar neighborhood about 30 seconds after takeoff, erupting into flames and leaving smoke visible for miles.

Of the 242 people onboard (230 passengers and 12 crew), only one British passenger, seated in 11A, survived; at least 39 people on the ground also died, bringing the total fatalities to around 280.

This crash is especially significant—marking the first fatal accident involving any Boeing 787 since its 2011 introduction and the first total hull loss of the Dreamliner.

Conditions at the time were reported as favorable—clear skies, visibility around 6 km, light winds, and high temperatures near 37 °C.

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), assisted by the U.S. NTSB, Boeing, GE Aerospace, and British authorities, has recovered both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. While these recorders are being analyzed—possibly in India’s new lab in Delhi or, if required, in the U.S.—a preliminary report is expected within 30 days, with a full report due in about a year per ICAO standards.