Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner (tail VT‑ANB), took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad at 1:38 p.m. IST on June 12, 2025, bound for London Gatwick. The aircraft climbed to about 625 ft before losing contact moments after issuing a mayday and crashing into the B.J. Medical College hostel in the Meghani Nagar neighborhood. Witnesses reported seeing it enter a plume of fire and hearing multiple explosions.
