Air India plane crash: Four MBBS students, doctor's wife among the dead in Ahmedabad

Air India plane crash: Four MBBS students, doctor's wife among the dead in Ahmedabad

Air India plane crash: Four MBBS students, doctor's wife among the dead in Ahmedabad ByHT News Desk Jun 12, 2025 11:28 PM IST Read this news in brief form Share Via Copy Link The London-bound Air India plane crashed into residential quarters of the BJ Medical college on Thursday afternoon.

Four MBBS students and a doctor's wife were among those killed after the London-bound Air India plane crashed into residential quarters of the BJ Medical college here on Thursday afternoon, a senior official said. 

The site of the Air India plane in Ahmedabad on Thursday.(Amit Shah/X)

Two other MBBS students and three relatives of doctors are missing, she said. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AI171) carrying over 240 passengers and crew members crashed in Meghaninagar area soon after the take-off from the Ahmedabad airport at 1.39 pm. 

"While four MBBS students living in the hostel died, 19 were injured. Five of them are serious. Two third-year students are untraceable," college dean Dr Minakshi Parikh told reporters. 

"A doctor's wife was also killed while two relatives of other doctors were injured. Three members of a doctor's family went missing after the incident. All other doctors and relatives are safe," said Parikh.