On Thursday, only minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad, India, an Air India aircraft carrying 242 passengers crashed. Numerous fatalities were reported by authorities, including the federal health minister of India.
Details of a few more recent aviation mishaps in India are provided below:
In August 2020, an Air India Express Boeing 737 airliner crashed nose-first into the earth after skidding off the runway in the southern city of Kozhikode during heavy rain, killing 21 people.
158 passengers were killed when an Air India Boeing 737 from Dubai overshot the runway at the airport in the southern city of Mangaluru in May 2010 and plunged into a ravine.
