More than 240 people dead in Air India crash

印度航空空难已造成240多人遇难

Global News Podcast

2025-06-12

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More than 240 people killed in a plane crash in Ahmedabad. The Air India flight crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off. Also, Iran accused of failing to meet nuclear safeguard obligations.
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Jackie Leonard and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 12th of June these are our main stories.

  • Police in the Indian city of Ahmedabad say there appear to be no survivors from the plane that crashed with more than 240 people on board.

  • The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner came down in a residential area moments after takeoff.

  • And the UN's nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution declaring that Iran has not complied with its nuclear obligations.

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  • And we begin in the Indian state of Gujarat where

  • as we record this podcast emergency workers are scrambling to extinguish flames and search through the debris after a passenger plane crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff.

  • It was an Air India flight bound for London and had more than 240 people on board.

  • Video posted online shows that within seconds of leaving the ground it had crashed into buildings and burst into flames.

  • Randhir Jaiswal is a spokesman for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

  • What has happened in Ahmedabad is a very tragic accident.

  • We have lost a lot of people.

  • We extend our deepest condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones.

  • There are, I understand, several foreigners also.