London-Bound Plane Crashes In India With No Known Survivors

The Boeing 787-8 was bound for London and was carrying 242 passengers and crew members.

An Air-India passenger plane crashed and exploded Thursday after taking-off in India’s Northwestern city of Ahmedabad.

The Boeing 787-8 was bound for London and was carrying 242 passengers and crew members.

There are no known survivors and crews are still on the scene of the wreckage.

Indian army teams were assisting authorities to clear debris and help treat those injured on the ground.

The 787 dreamliner is a widebody, twin-engine plane and this incident marks the first crash ever of a Boeing 787 aircraft.

The company is now working to gather more information about how the incident unfolded while attempting to retrieve the recorder.