CNN
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An Air India plane bound for London carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off in western India on Friday.
Videos showed a huge plume of black smoke billowing into the sky. Rescue workers have scrambled to put out the fire and search for potential survivors.
Here’s what we know.
What happened and when?
The flight, AI171, took off at 1:39 p.m. local time (4:09 a.m. ET) from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in India’s western state of Gujarat, according to a statement from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation. It was headed to London Gatwick, and scheduled to land at 6:25 p.m….
