UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his thoughts are with the passengers and families of those on the Air India flight, which was bound for London Gatwick and crashed in Ahmedabad.
He says: “The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating.
“I am being kept updated as the situation develops, and my thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this deeply distressing time.”
A senior police officer in Ahmedabad tells ANI news agency that the London-bound plane crashed into a doctors’ hostel.
He says police, firefighters and other civic workers reached the spot within minutes. Rescue operations are still under way.
