MailOnline's David Averre explains how one of the world's most advanced passenger jets, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed near Ahmedabad Airport earlier today.

Shocking images shared to social media showed a huge trail of smoke emanating from the crash site near the international airport this morning

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Air India plane crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport with 242 passengers, investigation underway by DGCA.

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad while heading to London Gatwick.

FlightRadar24 data suggests the aircraft undertaking the voyage was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Records show the jet is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - a wide-body passenger jet the American firm had only launched in the last two decades. The plane in question had been in…

Shocking images shared to social media showed a huge trail of smoke emanating from the crash site near the international airport this morning

More than 200 people were on board the flight to London Gatwick when it crashed shortly after take-off.

An Air India flight bound for London Gatwick, carrying 53 British nationals, has crashed in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

NEW DELHI: An Air India plane headed to London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline and police…

Flight 171 was bound for Gatwick Airport, authorities in London confirmed, as search and rescue teams deployed.

There were 242 people on board the plane, including two pilots and ten cabin crew

The Ahmedabad air disaster is yet another tragedy involving Boeing.

This is the moment an Air India flight bound for London crashed shortly after take-off. The Boeing 787 departed Ahmedabad Airport at 1.39 p.m. local time and crashed minutes later…

Boeing Dreamliner goes down after takeoff, and rescue efforts are under way.

Flight tracking data shows the moment an Air India flight bound for London Gatwick with over 240 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday,…

At least 242 people were on board flight AI171 when it crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.

The passenger plane bound for Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad

An Air India flight due for London Gatwick with 242 passengers on board has crashed in India shortly after takeoff.“Flight AI171 operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick was involved in…

Flight 171 was bound for Gatwick Airport, authorities in London confirm, as search and rescue teams are deployed.