A fireball can be seen in footage as the Air India flight crashed into a residential area near Ahmedabad Airport shortly after take-off.
Video circulating on social media shows massive plumes of thick black smoke rising into the sky near the airport in the north-western city in Gujarat state.
Other footage shows debris at the scene on fire and people being moved in stretchers and taken away in ambulances.
Air India said flight AI171, which departed from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick at 1.38pm local time, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members.
They include 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national.
"The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals," the airline said in a statement.
Ahmedabad Airport said in a statement all flights have been suspended until further notice after the plane crashed "shortly after take-off, outside the airport".
from Sky News
They include 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national.
"The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals," the airline said in a statement.
Ahmedabad Airport said in a statement all flights have been suspended until further notice after the plane crashed "shortly after take-off, outside the airport".
from Sky News
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