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Investigators released a preliminary account of the crash, describing how the plane struggled after its fuel supply was cut.
July 12, 2025Updated 11:19 a.m. ET
Much is still unknown about what caused an Air India flight on June 12 to crash, killing at least 260 people. The London-bound plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in the city of Ahmedabad and ripped through the dining hall of a nearby medical college.
It was India’s worst aviation disaster in decades: All but one of the 242 people onboard were killed, as were many others on the ground.
It may take investigators many months to reach conclusive answers. But a preliminary report released on Saturday by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau offered the most detailed account yet of the crash.
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Here’s a timeline, according to the report.
11:17 a.m. local time: The plane, a Boeing 787-8 operated by Air India, touches down at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad after its previous flight, a domestic hop from New Delhi.
The crew of the previous flight reported a defect, which seemed related to a sensor measuring a stabilizer on the plane.
