Ahmedabad Plane Crash: 279 Lives Lost, One City Forever Changed
🌆 A Normal Day That Turned into a Nightmare June 12, 2025, began like any other summer afternoon in Ahmedabad. The sky was clear, the city bustling with its usual energy — until the unimaginable struck. Just 30 seconds after takeoff, Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London, crashed into a hostel building near BJ Medical College in the Meghani area. In an instant, smoke billowed into the sky, screams pierced the air, and life as the city knew it, changed forever. 🛬 The Crash: What Went Wrong? The flight took off precisely at 1:38 PM. At first, everything appeared routine — then disaster struck. The aircraft barely climbed 600 feet before it nosedived into the densely populated neighborhood below. It slammed into the upper floors of a hostel, engulfing the building in flames. Thick black smoke darkened the sky. A trainee doctor nearby recalled: “I heard a roar, then a loud boom. I ran outside and saw the sky on fire.” 😢 The Toll: Lives Lost, Dreams Shattered...
