An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport. The flight was going to London. It went down between 1 pm and 2 pm.

Gujarat Plane Crash Live Updates: A plane crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Rescue operations are underway.

The aircraft was under the command of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal with First Officer Clive Kunder