What we know about where the plane crashed, Medical students hostel

 What we know about where the plane crashed, Medical students hostel 

As we’ve been reporting, Air India Flight 171 went down shortly after takeoff from the airport in Ahmedabad.

According to local media reports, the plane crashed into the hostel of BJ Medical College, located in a residential area outside the airport, during lunch hour. Officials said part of the plane fell on the college’s dining area.

Gujarat health secretary Dhananjay Dwivedi told reporters: “Ahmedabad Civil Hospital students hostel, staff quarters and other residential areas are located in the area where the plane crashed.”

Dwivedi added that “residents of that area were also injured” in the incident.

Parts of the plane’s body were scattered around the building into which it crashed. The tail of the plane was stuck on top of the building.

Ramila, the mother of a student at the medical college, told the Indian news agency ANI that her son had gone to the hostel for his lunch break when the plane crashed. “My son is safe, and I have spoken to him. He jumped from the second floor, so he suffered some injuries,” she said.