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London-bound Air India plane crashes near an Airport in India
NBC News·2025-06-12 10:55

So here's what we know about the Air India AI171 that crashed in India upon departure today. This was a Boeing 7878 Dreamlininer and according to the website Flight Radar, it reached the altitude of 625 ft before losing signal. According to authorities, there were 242 people on board.Of those 242, 10 were cabin crew, two of them were pilots. Now, in the last few moments, we've received confirmation by Air India that on board were 53 UK nationals, one Canadian, seven Portuguese, and the rest 169 were Indian ...