Boeing 787 crashes with 240 on board. One survivor walks away from the crash.

[Captain Caveman]

At least 260 people have died in Ahmedabad after an Air India flight crashed into a building, mere seconds after taking off.

The disaster is the latest in a string of commercial airplane crashes that have killed hundreds of people.

At the start of the year, an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over Washington, killing 67.

While the aviation industry maintains exceptionally high safety standards, the recent string of high-profile incidents has raised concerns that flying may be becoming more risky.

The average number of deaths during flights per year currently stands at 284, according to Jan-Arwed Richter, founder of Jacdec, a German consulting firm that tracks aviation safety.

That means 2025 has already had almost double the average number of air travel deaths.

Mr Richter told Bloomberg: 'This year still has more than six months to go, so this could be concerning if this rate of fatal accidents would go on.'

While many people will likely now have concerns about the safety of air travel, experts reassure that flying is not getting more dangerous.

Dr Simon Bennett, director of the civil safety and security unit at the University of Leicester, told MailOnline: 'That perception is understandable because safety goes through peaks and troughs.

'So if you take a snapshot at a particular time it can either look like things are getting seriously dangerous or that things are getting seriously safe.'

2025's high level of fatalities comes on the back of one of the safest periods in the history of air travel.

Is flying getting more dangerous? Why so many planes are crashing

The Air India disaster is the latest in a string of commercial airplane crashes that have sadly claimed the lives of hundreds of people.

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I've noticed I'm getting slightly less scam phone calls and spam emails

 

[Cellblock2429]

Boeing's woes continue as this is the first crash of the 787 series jets. Amazing, the lone survivor appears to have sustained no injuries.

Air India crash live updates: Plane headed to London crashes with more than 240 onboard

An Air India passenger plane bound for London and carrying more than 240 passengers crashed into a medical college after takeoff Thursday in Ahmedabad, India, officials said.

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/—-/ Video. Comments made are the flaps are up and the gear is down. Pilot error?

 

[frigidweirdo]

That sounds plausible.

But it’s all still conjecture at this stage.

The video shows a thing called a RAT which comes down automatically when the plane needs more power. So, might be that power cut out to the engines.

 

[frigidweirdo]

I dunno about anybody else, but there is no way I would get on an aircraft owned, operated, or maintained by third world peoples.

Yes, I've refused to fly Russian airlines for a long time. China on the other, very safe. The one big crash they had that killed everyone, was because the pilot crashed the plane deliberately.

You're more likely to die in planes from poorer countries, however, the US had a plane crash this year that killed everyone on board, the other big one was South Korea, a rich nation.