President Bola Tinubu, joined King Charles III and Queen Camilla, and other world leaders to console the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, over the plane crash that claimed more than 200 lives.
A London-bound Air India passenger aircraft carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, India
causing widespread devastation in a nearby residential area and resulting in significant loss of life.
The tragedy left one known survivor from 242 on board, with the jet crashing into buildings housing doctors and their families.
Flight AI 171 was en route to London Gatwick when it came down just seconds after departing the runway.
The aircraft, believed to be a Boeing jet, lost contact with flight tracking systems at an altitude of 625 feet.
According to officials, there appeared to be no survivors among the passengers, which included 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese citizens, and one Canadian
