Firefighters raced to douse smoking buildings as emergency workers recovered bodies after a deadly passenger plane crash in India.

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

AHMEDABAD: A London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground — but one…

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

The airline said there were 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian aboard the Boeing 787-8 plane.

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

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

AHMEDABAD, India: An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said.…

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

Officials say many feared dead after aircraft crashes into a doctors’ hostel in the city of Ahmedabad

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

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

Commissioner G.S. Malik told The Associated Press that with the plane crashing in a residential area with offices, “some locals would have also died.”

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…

The scene at the crash site is shocking, the BBC's Roxy Gagdekar writes.

An Air India passenger plane bound for Gatwick with more than 240 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from the north-western Indian city of Ahmedabad

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

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

A new angle shows the final moments - from take-off to crash - of the doomed Air India flight on its way to London, Gatwick. CCTV footage shows the Boeing 787 Dreamliner leaving…

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. It was unclear if anyone survived. The victims included students at…

Firefighters raced to douse smoking buildings as emergency workers recovered bodies after a deadly passenger plane crash in India.