On June 12, an Air India Boeing 787 crashed near Ahmedabad, killing 241 people, including five medical students in a hostel. The tragedy ignited a major fire and prompted an investigation by the DGCA,

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

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An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been cancelled without explanation just five days after the devastating crash on the same route. The carrier's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had due to depart from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.