Tom Swarbrick is joined by Travel Expert Simon Calder and Pilot and Aviation Specialist at Flight Radar 24 Chris Lomas to discuss the fallout from a plane crash in India.
Earlier today an Air India plane bound for London’s Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after take-off with more than 200 passengers onboard.
The passenger jet, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed shortly after take-off at 13:38 local time close to India’s Ahmedabad Airport.
Flight AI171 had a capacity of 256 passengers, with 230 said to be onboard at the time of the crash, alongside 12 crew members.
53 Britons were aboard the flight at the time of the crash, Air India has confirmed.
Indian media have reported that 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, has survived the deadly crash.
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