Photographs and video have captured the aftermath of the Air India airplane crash in a residential space close to Ahmedabad Airport within the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.
Footage reveals what seems to be a part of the plane’s tail wedged into the roof of a constructing in Meghaninagar.
Crowds could be seen surrounding the multi-storey constructing – a medical facility – and looking out up on the wreckage.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into BJ Medical Faculty Hostel shortly after take-off at 1.38pm.
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A part of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner wedged into the roof of a constructing in Meghaninagar. Pic: Reuters
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Photographs additionally present elements of the airplane within the constructing, together with a meals corridor, the place medical college students had been having lunch.
One {photograph} from contained in the complicated reveals rows of eating tables with thalis (metal plates) containing meals, and food and drinks spilled all around the ground.
Past the tables is wreckage of the plane on the ground, surrounded by a crowd.
On the finish of the room there’s a gaping gap the place a part of the rear of the airplane has crashed by means of.
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Medical college students had been having lunch when the plane crashed into the hostel
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Wreckage of the plane inside BJ Medical Faculty Hostel
Footage from inside reveals the place the touchdown gear of the plane has turn into wedged, and what seems to be a balcony that appears down on the ground beneath to plenty of particles.
In addition to the ‘Royal Mess’ meals corridor, the airplane additionally struck the Atulyam Hostel which homes DM (Doctorate of Drugs) college students and MCh (Grasp of Chirurgiae) college students – these pursuing a level in surgical procedure.
Video taken exterior reveals a smouldering piece of wreckage with locals and firefighters on the scene with particles and rubble strewn throughout the world.
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India’s prime minister Narendra Modi mentioned in a put up on X: “The tragedy in Ahmedabad has stunned and saddened us.
“It’s heartbreaking past phrases. On this unhappy hour, my ideas are with everybody affected by it.”
Indian broadcaster NDTV reported he was headed to the scene.
