Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, hundreds are killed when a London-bound plane crashes shortly after takeoff in India.

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Investigators are trying to determine what led to one of the worst airline accidents in decades.

More than 240 people died today after a London-bound Air India flight crashed just moments after takeoff.

All but one of the 242 people on board reportedly perished.

And authorities are trying to determine how many other people were killed on the ground when the

plane crashed into a building in the city of Aminabad in western India. As John Yang reports,

it was the first fatal accident with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. A warning, this report contains graphic

video. It all happened in less than a minute. Air India Flight 171 took off at 139 p.m. local time

bound for London. On board, 242 passengers and crew.

It climbed to just 625 feet and then started sinking.

Within moments, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed just outside the airport perimeter, hitting a hostel for medical students.

Videos from the site show the plane's tail jutting out from the building.

My daughter's father-in-law, his name is Vardyshan, was on the flight.

I dropped him to the airport and came home when we got the message that the plane had crashed.

Another video shows the plane's slow descent as if it was landing.

Indian officials said the pilot issued a Mayday call, the international distress signal, but the flight crew didn't respond to subsequent calls from air traffic controllers.

Within seconds, a fireball and thick black smoke.

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