Indian PM Narendra Modi visits site of Air India crash in Ahmedabad

The London-bound 787 Dreamliner collapsed into a aesculapian schoolhouse minutes aft departure, sidesplitting astatine slightest 260 people, including astir each 242 connected board. One rider miraculously survived.

Flames tore done nan building, claiming much lives connected nan ground. The nonstop number of casualties is still unknown.

Modi, accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, met emergency teams and pledged afloat support to nan victims’ families.

Rescue operations stay underway, arsenic crews sift done debris. “It’s a calamity we won’t forget,” said 1 rescuer.