Debris of Air India`s Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft (AI171), which crashed after take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon, were seen scattered around the hostel and residential quarters of doctors at the BJ Medical college premises.

Videos that went viral after the horrific air crash, among the worst in Gujarat`s history, also showed charred bodies in the debris. The Ahmedabad-London flight with 242 passengers on board crashed soon after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel airport. 

The area around the crash site is densely populated. The entire accident site was cordoned off, and operations to rescue the survivors and extricate the bodies were underway. The plane took off at 01.39 pm and crashed soon after onto the hostel and residential quarters of doctors and staff members of BJ Medical College and the civil hospital. A part of the plane stuck out from the five-storey building.