Air India Crash Has Two Survivors, Not Just One
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An Air India passenger plane carrying more than 200 people crashed after taking off from an airport in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.
An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said.
A 28-year-old student who was visiting western India says she missed her Air India flight back to London. That flight was AI171, which crashed shortly after takeoff.
The only survivor of Air India Flight 171 was born on a tropical island dotted with palm trees and fishing boats. So were 14 passengers who died in the crash.
An airplane crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday, news agency the Press Trust of India reported. Air India said the crashed aircraft is Flight AI171, a passenger flight to London Gatwick airport.