Following the mishap which happened on Thursday, June 12, 2025, the officials from the British High Commission reached the domestic airport in Ahmedabad. The British High Commission officers were seen at the airport in the wake of a devastating plane crash that claimed the lives of 241 people aboard the Boeing 787-8,

The AI-171 Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 aeroplane bound for London's Gatwick had crashed shortly after it took off from the Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The airlines said only one out of the 242 people on board the aircraft survived the crash.

The tragedy struck on June 12, 2025, when Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, bound for London. The flight issued a mayday call shortly after takeoff and crashed into a hospital hostel near the airport, bursting into flames on impact.