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Only One Man Survived Plane Crash in India, Local Media Clarifies
Only One Man Survived Plane Crash in India, Local Media Clarifies
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Earlier in the day, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger plane 787 bound for London crashed minutes after taking off from the airport in the western Indian city... 12.06.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Only One Man Survived Plane Crash in India, Local Media ClarifiesThe man was reportedly sitting in the front of the plane.According to reports, he is a 40-year-old British citizen who was able to stand up on his own immediately after the plane crashed. The man is currently in hospital.More than 290 people have died in the passenger plane crash near India's Ahmedabad Airport, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing police.The plane crashed onto the roof of a student dormitory of the B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, killing at least some of those inside it, media reports said.This plane crash is the first air catastrophe involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, in which people have been killed, according to the information from the Aviation Safety Network database.There have been about 170 accidents involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but none of them resulted in deaths except this one.The first flight of this type of aircraft took place in 2009.
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Only One Man Survived Plane Crash in India, Local Media Clarifies
17:26 12.06.2025 (Updated: 18:19 12.06.2025) Earlier in the day, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger plane 787 bound for London crashed minutes after taking off from the airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India confirmed that 242 people were on board the plane, including two pilots and ten flight attendants.
Only One Man Survived Plane Crash in India, Local Media Clarifies
The man was reportedly sitting in the front of the plane.
"The police found one survivor in seat 11A. He has been in the hospital and is under treatment. Cannot say anything about the number of deaths yet. The death toll may increase as the flight crashed in a residential area," Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Gyanendra Singh Malik told the ANI news agency.
According to reports, he is a 40-year-old British citizen who was able to stand up on his own immediately after the plane crashed. The man is currently in hospital.
More than 290 people have died in the passenger plane crash near India's Ahmedabad Airport, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing police.
The plane crashed onto the roof of a student dormitory of the B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, killing at least some of those inside it, media reports said.
This plane crash is the first air catastrophe involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, in which people have been killed, according to the information from the Aviation Safety Network database.
There have been about 170 accidents involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but none of them resulted in deaths except this one.
The first flight of this type of aircraft took place in 2009.
