At least 204 people were killed and 41 were injured after a London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people crashedminutes after taking off from Ahmedabad in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. Flight AI171 came down on a government hospital hostel on the outskirts of the airport, leaving a field of debris and scenes of devastation, India Today reported.

Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik confirmed that 204 people had been killed in the Air India flight crash and indicated that the condition of those injured was extremely critical. Three medical students were killed in the crash, Dr Mehul Shah, chief of Gujarat chapter of the Indian Medical Association, said. He added that several medical students were injured and admitted to the hospital.

The Air India flight had taken off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.39 pm and crashed just five minutes later. It was bound for London's Gatwick airport. A video of the plane, taken just as it had taken off, showed it struggling to remain airborne and gradually losing altitude before it crashed into the ground, igniting into a fireball, according to India Today.