Tragedy Of Fall Of Indian Water, 242 Passengers And Crew Confirmed Dead

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JAKARTA - 242 passengers and crew of India's Aircraft to London that crashed minutes after taking off from India's Ahmedababad city, are confirmed dead.

The plane crashed in a residential area, crashing into a medical college dormitory outside the airport during lunch hours on Thursday, June 12. The plane headed for Gatwick Airport, south of the British capital.

City police chief GS Malik told Reuters 204 bodies had been found from the crash site.

No reports of survivors have been found. The Indian Express newspaper reported all 242 people on board the plane were killed, citing police information.

Malik said the bodies found could include passengers and people who died on the ground.

Relatives have been asked to provide DNA samples to identify the death toll, state health secretary Dhananjay Dwivedi said.

The fuselage of the fuselage was scattered around the building where the plane crashed, as can be seen from photos and videos from the area. The tail of the plane stuck on top of the building.

India's CNN News-18 TV channel said the plane crashed over the BJ Medical College dormitory dining room which also killed many medical students.

Indian Water Passengers recorded 217 adults, 11 children and two babies.

Of them, 169 are Indian citizens, 53 are British citizens, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, Air India said.

Flightradar24 flight tracking site said the plane was the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, one of the most modern passenger aircraft operating.

It was Dreamliner's first crash, which started flying commercially in 2011, according to the Aviation Safety Network database.

The plane that crashed on Thursday flew for the first time in 2013 and was delivered to Air India in January 2014, Flightradar24 said.