A London-bound passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off in India on Thursday, June 12. More than 240 people were onboard, Air India confirmed in a post on X.

The Air India Flight AI171 crashed after takeoff from Ahmedabad. Arjun Manubhai Patolia died in the crash. He was returning to London after his wife's death. He fulfilled her wish to immerse ashes in the Narmada River.

The AI-171 Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 aeroplane bound for London's Gatwick had crashed shortly after it took off from the Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The airlines said only one out of the 242 people on board the aircraft survived the crash.

Air India flight AI171 crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. All but one of the 242 people onboard have died in the tragedy, Air India confirmed earlier

The AI-171 to London Gatwick, which crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday, was carrying 169 Indian nationals, along with 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian.

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.