A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people has crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India Edited by Owen Amos and Dulcie Lee in London, with Sharanya Hrishikesh in Delhi and Roxy Gagdekar reporting from Ahmedabad airport We are now beginning to hear from anxious relatives outside hospitals in Ahmedabad.

An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad. Authorities fear no survivors.

Air India Flight 171 was “involved in a tragic accident,” the airline’s chairman said. The plane was due to fly from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick Airport.