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Rescue officials are seen near the wreckage of Air India flight 171 after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. (Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP)
A London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 260 people on board and on the ground -- but one passenger is believed to have survived.
An AFP journalist saw bodies being recovered from the crash site, and the back of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner -- which had 242 passengers and crew on board -- hanging over the edge of a building it hit around lunchtime.
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