A total of 50 injured in the Air India plane crash are currently being treated at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad, official sources said, adding that all the injured were in stable condition.

The Gujarat government has also sought DNA samples from the nearest kin of passengers who have flooded the hospital premises, according to the authorities.

Earlier, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, who was participating in a public event in South Gujarat, rushed to Ahmedabad civil hospital where passengers of the ill-fated Air India flight that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon were being treated.

Patel, who was in Bardoli addressing farmers, along with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, reached Ahmedabad about 1.5 hours after the accident. The CM held meetings with doctors and officials of the civil hospital and local authorities. The accident site was cordoned off by the Gujarat Police to enable rescue efforts, official sources said. Relatives of passengers onboard the ill-fated Air India flight reached the Civil hospital in Ahmedabad to check on their kin, sources added.

Casualties

The government is expected to make public the number of casualties in a short while. Earlier, the Air India flight that departed at 1:38 pm for Gatwick with 242 passengers, crashed in a residential area in the Meghaninagar area — located adjacent to the airport — and exploded into a ball of flame. The multi-storeyed buildings in the vicinity of the crash were charred in the explosion. Officials said the plane crashed near the hostel mess of BJ Medical College in Meghaninagar area, and the number of medical student casualties was not immediately known

Officials said the Ahmedabad airport, which operates separate terminals for domestic and international operations, is surrounded by residential areas in the South, East and North, while Ahmedabad cantonment lies on the western side. Airport operations at the airport were temporarily suspended after the crash. The airport was made operational in the evening with limited flights, according to a statement from Adani Airports. Dedicated passenger hotline numbers have been provided both by the Ahmedabad airport and the State government.

 Gujarat government also sought DNA samples from the nearest kin of the deceased passengers to help identify the bodies. More than 500 personnel of the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard were among those who helped in rescue efforts at the accident site where Air India aircraft crashed on Thursday. After the aircraft went down in a densely populated Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat government cordoned off the site and created a “green channel” for transporting the rescued and those dead in the disaster. “We had to create this corridor to quickly transport those injured in the accident and avoid the mob of curious onlookers,” said a Gujarat police official.

Published on June 12, 2025