An Air India passenger plane, Flight AI171, bound for London Gatwick from Ahmedabad, India, crashed on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Here's what is known about the last minutes before the crash, based on available reports: * Take-off: The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad Airport at 1:38 PMاقرأ المزيد
An Air India passenger plane, Flight AI171, bound for London Gatwick from Ahmedabad, India, crashed on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
Here’s what is known about the last minutes before the crash, based on available reports:
* Take-off: The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad Airport at 1:38 PM local time (IST) from runway 23.
* Mayday Call: Shortly after departure, the pilots issued a “Mayday” distress call to Air Traffic Control (ATC), indicating a serious emergency on board.
* Loss of Signal: According to flight tracking websites like Flightradar24, the aircraft reached a maximum height of 625 feet (190m). The last signal from the aircraft was received “just seconds after take off.”
* No Further Response: After the Mayday call, there was no further response from the aircraft to calls made by ATC.
* Crash: The plane crashed within approximately five minutes of taking off, impacting a residential area called Meghani Nagar, outside the airport perimeter.
While the exact sequence of events during those few minutes leading to the crash is under investigation, the key points are the distress call and the rapid loss of contact and altitude shortly after takeoff.
India is experiencing a severe heat wave, with alerts issued for various regions. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and other reports: * Ongoing Heatwave: The 2025 India-Pakistan heat wave began in early April 2025 and is ongoing. * Current Forecast (June 2025): * **North and Ceاقرأ المزيد
India is experiencing a severe heat wave, with alerts issued for various regions. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and other reports:
قراءة أقل* Ongoing Heatwave: The 2025 India-Pakistan heat wave began in early April 2025 and is ongoing.
* Current Forecast (June 2025):
* **North and Central India (including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab): Heatwave conditions are likely to continue until at least June 11-12, 2025.
* West Rajasthan: Severe heatwave conditions are expected to persist between June 8 and June 11, 2025, with peak intensity on June 9.
* Uttar Pradesh: Affected from June 9 to June 11, 2025.
* **Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Madhya Pradesh: Heatwave conditions are expected to persist until June 11, 2025.
* **Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar: Hot and humid weather is forecast for early June.
* Long-term Outlook: The IMD had previously warned that temperatures would be higher than normal from April to June 2025, and the heatwave is expected to last for more than four months, from early April to late July, with the hottest months likely being April and May.
Relief from the heat is expected in some regions, with potential for light to moderate rainfall in Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh around June 13-14, and isolated heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand from June 12-14.