No Polish citizens on board Air India jet that crashed in Ahmedabad

Poland’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that no Polish nationals were listed among the 242 passengers and crew on an Air India Dreamliner that crashed earlier in the day in Ahmedabad, western India.

Firefighters work at the site of a plane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, western India, 12 June 2025. Air India flight AI171, bound for London carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, crashed minutes after take-off in the Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad.

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Ministry spokesman Paweł Wroński told the Polish Press Agency the information came from Poland’s consulate in India after officials reviewed the airline’s manifest.

BREAKING:

A London-bound Air India Flight 171 has crashed into a residential area minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad, India.

The Boeing 787-8 was carrying 242 passengers and crew pic.twitter.com/3BEOCmXLXd

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Flight AI171 had been bound for London’s Gatwick Airport when it went down near the Gujarat state capital, Indian police said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

An Air India plane headed to London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police said, without specifying whether there were any fatalities https://t.co/Sa8Gv4ESgs pic.twitter.com/LE2LMVT1OD

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Source: PAP