Air India, the country’s flagship carrier, said in a post on X that Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick had been “involved in an incident.” The airline said it was “ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest.” It was scheduled to depart at 1:10 p.m. local time (3:40 a.m. ET).

An Air India passenger plane with 242 people on board has crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.