{"id":61505,"date":"2025-06-12T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=61505"},"modified":"2025-06-12T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:14:19","slug":"air-india-flight-ai-171-crashes-in-ahmedabad-242-onboard-multiple-nationalities-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/air-india-flight-ai-171-crashes-in-ahmedabad-242-onboard-multiple-nationalities-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Flight AI 171 Crashes in Ahmedabad, 242 Onboard; Multiple Nationalities Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"418\">Ahmedabad, June 12:<br data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"204\" \/>Tragedy struck on Thursday when Air India flight AI 171, operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff. The Boeing 787-8 aircraft was carrying a total of 242 passengers and crew members.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"659\">According to an official statement issued by Air India on social media platform X, the flight had departed from Ahmedabad at 13:38 hours. Onboard were 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian, and seven Portuguese citizens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"773\">&#8220;The injured are being shifted to the nearest hospitals for immediate medical attention,&#8221; the airline confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"994\">Air India has also activated an emergency helpline for families and relatives of the passengers. &#8220;We have set up a dedicated passenger hotline number 1800 5691 444 to provide updates and assistance,&#8221; the airline stated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1168\">The carrier added that it is fully cooperating with investigating authorities to determine the cause of the crash and has assured all possible support to affected families.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1239\">Further updates are awaited as rescue and relief operations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmedabad, June 12:Tragedy struck on Thursday when Air India flight AI 171, operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff. The Boeing 787-8 aircraft&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61505","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61507,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61505\/revisions\/61507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}