Air India has axed eight planned aircraft journeys following the crash that eliminated 270 people.

The company’s Gatwick-bound plane carrying 242 passengers, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed simply minutes after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened back down to earth in the largely inhabited Meghani location of the city minutes after leaving the runway at about 1.40 pm regional time (8.10 am BST) last Thursday.

Now planes earmarked to take a trip for Air India between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have actually been cancelled - and authorities have also begun checking Air India’s entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu stated.

Factors involved include unavailability of airplane, technical issues, airspace restrictions and extended safety checks, the Guardian reported.

Meanwhile, another Air India flight on the same path as the plane that crashed recently has been cancelled due to the fact that of ‘preventive checks’, the airline company said.

Flight AI159 was prepared to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10 pm regional time on Tuesday, and get here at London Gatwick airport at 6.25 pm BST.

Air India’s website reveals the flight was initially postponed by one hour and 50 minutes however was later cancelled.

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A flight from Gatwick to Amritsar, India, set to leave at 8pm BST was also axed.

The cancelled flights were set up to be run by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the very same kind of aircraft that crashed soon after take-off at Ahmedabad last Thursday.

An Air India representative said: ‘Flight AI 159 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick has actually been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the airplane,.

That was aid to be resulting from airspace restrictions and extra preventive checks, leading to longer than normal turn-around of airplane, and not due to any technical snag as claimed.

‘We are sorry for the hassle caused to our travelers and have actually made alternative arrangements to fly them to their location.’

The airline company stated affected passengers are being used hotel accommodation and complete refunds or rescheduling.

Recently’s crash was one of the deadliest airplane mishaps in regards to the number of British nationals killed.

The Air India airplane struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, eliminating 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British.

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The sole surviving traveler was UK nationwide Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

Among the victims were Akeel Nanawaba, Hannaa Vorajee and their child Sarah, 4, Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, Javed Ali Syed, his wife and 2 kids, Raxa Modha, her grandson Rudra and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar, and Ajaykumar Ramesh, the bro of the tragedy’s only survivor.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh (pictured), who was seated in 11A, is British and informed the Hindustan Times he had resided in London for 20 years.

His bro Ajaykumar accompanied him on the flight and was rested on the opposite of the aisle in seat 11J, but he regretfully died in the fireball explosion.

Among the other victims were Akeel Nanawaba, 36, his wife Hannaa Vorajee, 30, and their child Sarah, 4, who had been flying home from a five-day household event when the Dreamliner crashed.

The effective young couple ran a global recruitment agency with offices in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.

Their surprised company partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori told MailOnline: ‘I had dinner with them last night. They were a lovely household and Akeel and his partner were exceptionally successful people.’

Mr Nagori stated he was too upset to find the words to describe their daughter Sarah who had actually hung out with her grandfather during the quick check out.

Search and save teams respond to the scene of an airplane crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Debris is seen at the website where Air India flight 171 crashed in a suburb near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025

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He said: ‘They were here to commemorate a family festival and to invest a long time with Akeel’s dad.

‘Akeel was a really excellent guy, I’m in shock, we were all having dinner together the night before.’

Mr Nagori was with hundreds of other family members of crash victims waiting for updates at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.

He founded recruitment business Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the managing director.

Javed Ali Syed, a hotel manager at the very best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his wife Mariam were also passengers on the fallen Air India Flight 171 today/

A video published to social media appeared to reveal the aircraft descending in a regulated way with a high nose angle and landing equipment deployed/

The airplane momentarily vanished from view behind trees and structures.

Recently widowed Raxa Modha, 55, her grandson two-year-old Rudra, and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar are all believed to have been onboard the unfortunate airliner.

Wreckage of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner lies at the website where the Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025

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Mrs Modha had been in India for some time fulfilling the dying desire of her ill partner Kishor who had desired to live out his last days in his homeland.

Following his recent death, the mother-of-three was returning with her family to their home in Northamptonshire when disaster struck today.

In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha - the young child’s daddy and Raxa’s son - had actually likewise in India but was not on the flight as he was due to capture another tomorrow.

Talking to MailOnline, a family good friend stated: ‘It’s exceptionally sad, the entire household is already grieving Kishor’s death.

Air hostess Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was called by regional media as being on board the unfortunate Flight 171/

Neighbours at her household’s separated home in Wellingborough said Mrs Modha is a ‘beautiful lady’.

They said she had actually remained in India for an extended period to support her other half who was fighting an illness.
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The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra offered his acknowledgements to the household on a post on Facebook including it was devastating for the regional community.

Rescuers operate at the site of a plane that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025

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‘I extend my inmost condolences to their households, good friends, and all those impacted by this heartbreaking occasion,’ he included.

Aviation professionals state that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may have all of a sudden lost power ‘at the most vital stage of flight’ after departure.

The possible causes are believed to consist of a quick modification in wind or a bird strike leading to a double engine stall.

Officials from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau are now at the scene to bring out an analysis of the wreckage and obtain the stricken jet’s black box.

Videos shows the aircraft rapidly losing altitude - with its nose up - before it struck a structure and erupted in a violent surge.

At first, the airplane appears to be descending in a controlled manner with a high nose angle and landing gear released.

It then briefly vanishes from view behind trees and buildings before a massive fireball unexpectedly erupts on the horizon.

A huge path of smoke can consequently be seen rippling from the crash website.

The aircraft’s sole survivor in medical facility with a bloodied face and injuries after the awful crash, which claimed the life of his more youthful bro

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Other video clips show a substantial cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed observers gather in the streets of the Indian city as chaos unfolds.

Footage also revealed chunks of the plane’s fuselage and tail extending from a destroyed building.

Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering piles of debris with their tubes as images and videos taken by horrified citizens in Meghani showed a substantial plume of thick black smoke emanating from the crash website.

The flight reportedly reached an altitude of just 625 feet before it started to descend, according to flight tracking service Flightradar 24,.

The organisation said the aircraft’s transponder signal dropped just seconds after it left the runway.

Flightradar 24 included:” We received the last signal from the airplane at 08:08:51 UTC, just seconds after take off. ‘

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated the plane sent a mayday call minutes before the crash.

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran shared a declaration that read: ‘With extensive grief I confirm that Air India Flight 171 running Ahmedabad London Gatwick was associated with a terrible accident yesterday.

Astonishing video revealed the man ignoring the scene with some visible injuries to his face

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has actually posted a declaration

‘It is very disappointing that it is a Dreamliner as it is an advanced Boeing. We can not rule out security problems. But this is all speculation on my part.’

‘Our ideas and deepest condolences are with the families and liked ones of all those impacted by this ravaging event
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‘At this moment, our primary focus is on supporting all the afflicted people and their households.

‘We are doing whatever in our power to assist the emergency situation response groups at the site and to supply all needed support and care to those affected.’