Video posted to social media shortly after the crash and verified by NBC News shows plumes of thick, black smoke to the south of the airport.

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An Air India plane crashed on a building minutes after takeoff near the airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. The flight had 242 people on board and was departing for London ...

Authorities will conduct a survey of the areas surrounding the Ahmedabad airport, in the wake of last week's Air India plane crash that claimed 270 lives, to check whether any structures were ...

The latest news and what we know about the Air India flight that crashes just minutes after take-off in Ahmedabad. ... and the final destination was Britain's Gatwick Airport, just outside of London.