What We Know About The Air India Plane Crash, So Far

Newscast

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Today, at least 200 people have been killed when a London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India.

Adam speaks to BBC Correspondent Archana Shukla in Mumbai about the scenes in Ahmedabad, the news of one British passenger surviving the crash, and the official response to the crash. He is also joined by Ben Katz, Aviation Reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the Boeing 787-8 Dreamline plane and how the crash will be investigated.

And, Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports on the violent disorder that has taken place in Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast early evening on Thursday,
0:08.8	and we've just had this comment from the Prime Minister Kirstarmer,
0:12.1	responding to the Air India flight that crashed in northern India on Thursday morning,
0:18.0	killing at least 200 people.
0:19.7	Well, the images and news from India is absolutely devastating and I speak from the entire country
0:25.6	and saying our thoughts are with each and every one of those involved.
0:29.6	There will be British and Indian families across the land who are absolutely impacted by this
0:35.6	and our thoughts, first and foremost, are with them. Obviously,
0:38.2	the investigation is going on. We've dispatched an investigation team. That's been deployed.
0:43.9	The foreign sector is leading on this, and we'll obviously update as soon as we can.
0:48.9	So we will discuss what we know so far in the first half of this episode of Newscast.
0:55.0	Newscast from the BBC.
0:57.3	He has just compared me to the fat controller.
1:00.2	Did I say that? I can't believe I said that.
1:03.1	Next question.
1:03.9	This is R for the benefit of Earth.
1:06.5	I'm not personally a huge Sabrina carpenter fam.
1:09.4	I don't think I'm being rude.
1:11.6	I like landscapes.
1:18.1	Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio, and shortly I'll be speaking to my colleague in Northern Ireland after there was a third night of
1:23.8	violence there, which the most senior police officer in Northern Ireland has described as racist.
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