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Air India crash: Eyewitnesses describe accident site Air India crash: Eyewitnesses describe accident site
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BBC correspondent Roxy Gagdekar reports from scene of Air India crashBBC correspondent Roxy Gagdekar reports from scene of Air India crash
The scene in Ahmedabad after the Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after take off is very shocking. The scene in Ahmedabad after the Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after take off is shocking.
Smoke is still rising from the ruins of buildings at the crash site. Pictures show a burnt bed frame lying in the street. A few hours after the accident, smoke can still be seen rising from the ruins of buildings at the crash site. Pictures show a burnt bed frame lying in the street.
Everyone is running, trying to save as many lives as possible. Everyone is running, trying to save as many lives as possible when the BBC arrives at the scene.
Firefighters can be seen picking their way across the burnt ground, attempting to put out the still smouldering wreckage with their hoses.Firefighters can be seen picking their way across the burnt ground, attempting to put out the still smouldering wreckage with their hoses.
Ambulances are all over the area. Roads are blocked.Ambulances are all over the area. Roads are blocked.
On the edges, people whose relatives were travelling to London have started to gather.On the edges, people whose relatives were travelling to London have started to gather.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner came down shortly after take off on Thursday afternoon local time, bound for London Gatwick. There were 242 people on board - mainly Indian nationals, but many British, and some Portuguese and a Canadian as well.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner came down shortly after take off on Thursday afternoon local time, bound for London Gatwick. There were 242 people on board - mainly Indian nationals, but many British, and some Portuguese and a Canadian as well.
People in the western Indian city heard a loud sound first, then watched black smoke rising into the sky. People in the western Indian city heard a loud sound first, then watched black smoke billowing into the sky.
The plane came down on a doctors' hostel near the Civil Hospital, a short distance from the airport. It is unclear how many people were inside. "I was at home when we heard a massive sound," one Ahmedabad resident told Indian news agency PTI.
Ramila told Indian news agency ANI her son had just headed inside for a lunch break when the plane crashed there. "When we went out to see what had happened, there was a layer of thick smoke in the air. When we came here, dead bodies and debris from the crashed aircraft were scattered all over."
She said he jumped from the second floor and suffered injuries, but is safe. The plane came down on a doctors' hostel near the Civil Hospital, a short distance from the airport.
It is unclear how many people were inside. According to one eyewitness, people were seen jumping from as high as the third flood "to save themselves".
"The plane was in flames," the unnamed resident told AFP news agency.
"We helped people get out of the building and sent the injured to the hospital."
Ramila told Indian news agency ANI that her son, who had just returned to the hostel for lunch, was among those who jumped.
He suffered injuries, but is safe, she added.
Outside, people started to gather. The fire service was joined by volunteers from the local community.Outside, people started to gather. The fire service was joined by volunteers from the local community.
Photos show people being carried off on stretchers, and placed into ambulances.Photos show people being carried off on stretchers, and placed into ambulances.
But also in the crowds were people whose family members were on board the flight.But also in the crowds were people whose family members were on board the flight.
Poonam Patel, who is at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, told ANI that his sister-in-law was on the flight to London.Poonam Patel, who is at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, told ANI that his sister-in-law was on the flight to London.
"Within an hour, I got the news that the plane had crashed. So I came here.""Within an hour, I got the news that the plane had crashed. So I came here."