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A single passenger survives Air India plane crash

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Steven Gislam
June 13, 2025

In India, a passenger plane crashed into a medical campus just seconds after take-off. The Air India plane was en route from Ahmedabad, to London. Air India says 241 people on board were killed — but one man has survived the crash.

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