Jun 14, 2025 09:15 PM IST

A 17-year-old Aryan recounted the horrifying tragedy and mentioned how inside mere 24 seconds of the recording, the Air India airliner crashed.

A 17-year-old boy, who unknowingly captured the lethal crash of Air India AI171 in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday, recorded his assertion to the police as an eyewitness.

Air India’s Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner plane crashed inside minutes of takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. (AFP)

Having captured the tragedy that claimed the lives of 270 individuals, {the teenager} was left in misery and concern. Follow Ahmedabad airplane crash dwell updates

Speaking to reporters, the boy, recognized as Aryan, mentioned that he was simply usually filming the Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner plane close to his rented residence when it out of the blue crashed and become a “ball of fire”.

The video that Aryan captured was the one visible that gave netizens, in addition to the media, the preliminary view of the unlucky accident.

The Ahmedabad Crime Branch issued an announcement to say that Aryan’s assertion was recorded, and to make clear that no particular person was arrested for making the video, information company PTI reported.

“He came with his father to give a statement as a witness. He was then sent away with his father. No arrests or detentions have been made,” the police mentioned.

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Meanwhile, Aryan recounted the horrifying tragedy whereas talking to reporters and mentioned how inside mere 24 seconds of the recording, the Air India airliner crashed.

“I felt very scared. My sister was the first one to see the video. I feel very scared because of what I saw,” {the teenager} mentioned.

His sister additionally expressed concern over her brother’s well-being, saying that Aryan advised her “he does not want to live here because it is dangerous”, including that the may be very scared and unable to talk correctly.

The landlady of Aryan’s rented residence, which is located close to the airport, additionally recounted seeing {the teenager} after the incident. “I found that he was unable to speak. I assured him…he remained awake for the entire night. He has become quiet, not even eating anything,” she mentioned.

Ahmedabad airplane crash

Within minutes of its takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 11, Gatwick-bound Air India AI171 flight crashed right into a medical hostel complicated in Meghani Nagar space.

The crash of the airplane, which was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, left behind only one survivor. Rest of the 241 passengers misplaced their lives to the tragedy. Additionally, 29 others, who have been current on the bottom in and across the medical hostel complicated, have been additionally killed.

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The dying toll within the Ahmedabad airplane crash, as of Saturday, stood at 270.

The ministry of civil aviation revealed in a press convention on Saturday that the Air India plane had climbed to simply 650 ft earlier than it started to lose altitude.

“As per the ATC, when it tried to contact the plane then there was no response. After precisely one minute, the plane crashed in Meghani Nagar, located about 2 km from the airport,” mentioned civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha.