BRITAIN-INDIA-AVIATION-ACCIDENT

A photograph taken on June 12, 2025 shows the closed check-in desks of Air India warning of the cancellation of the service to Goa, at the south terminal of Gatwick Airport, south of London after a London-bound passenger jet with 242 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from India's Ahmedabad airport. Air India's flight 171 -- a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London's Gatwick Airport, that crashed shortly after takeoff around 1:40 pm (0810 GMT), officials said. The passengers included 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, seven Portuguese, and a Canadian. Two pilots and 10 cabin crew were also aboard. Indian police in the city of Ahmedabad said no survivors were expected. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)