An Air India plane with 242 people on board has crashed near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Air India, the country’s flagship carrier, confirmed that Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick was “involved in an accident today after take-off” and offered “full cooperation to the authorities investigating this incident.

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Initial reports suggest there were 16-20 people on board, with three being airlifted to nearby hospitals and one person being transported by ground, but there were no known fatalities at the time of the report.

Search and recovery teams continue to search the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day.