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AHMEDABAD, Gujarat — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said.

The last major passenger plane crash to occur in India was in 2020 after an Air India Express Boeing 737 slid off a runway on a hill. Twenty-one people died as a result, according to multiple outlets.