{"id":64367,"date":"2025-06-13T12:06:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=64367"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:06:54","slug":"air-india-crash-in-ahmedabad-intense-1000c-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=64367","title":{"rendered":"Air India Crash in Ahmedabad: Intense 1,000\u00b0C Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jsx-ace90f4eca22afc7 jsx-73334835 Story_stry__highlights__9IosL\">\n<p data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"198\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_64368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64368\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64368\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_12-55-42-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_12-55-42-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_12-55-42.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damage at a building following the Air India plane crash, in Ahmedabad (Image: PTI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"198\"><strong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"198\">In Brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"435\">\n<li data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"277\">\n<p data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"277\">A London-bound Air India flight crashes in Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"358\">\n<p data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"358\">1.25 lakh litres of aviation fuel ignited, causing an uncontrollable inferno<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"435\">\n<p data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"435\">Rescue operations hampered by extreme heat; temperatures soared to 1,000\u00b0C<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"440\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"522\"><strong data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"522\">Air India Plane Crash: Firestorm Reaches 1,000\u00b0C, Devastates Entire Area<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"787\">An Air India flight bound for London tragically crashed in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?search=Ahmedabad+district&amp;title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=advanced&amp;fulltext=1&amp;ns0=1\">Ahmedabad<\/a> on Thursday, just moments after takeoff. The aircraft, carrying 242 passengers and crew, plunged into a residential zone near the BJ Medical College, triggering a fire of unimaginable intensity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"1090\">According to authorities, the fire was fueled by approximately <strong data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"889\">1.25 lakh litres of aviation fuel<\/strong>, causing the temperature at the crash site to spike to a staggering <strong data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"983\">1,000 degrees Celsius<\/strong>. Rescue personnel faced extreme challenges as the heat made it nearly impossible to approach the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1324\">\u201c<strong data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1190\">The explosion created an inferno that gave no time for escape, not even for animals or birds,<\/strong>\u201d a senior fire officer reported. Carcasses of dogs and birds were discovered at the scene, illustrating the sheer force of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1678\">Locals initially managed to rescue a few survivors before trained responders arrived. However, once the <strong data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1470\">State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)<\/strong> teams reached the area, they found only charred remains. One SDRF member revealed, \u201cWe\u2019ve managed dozens of disasters, but nothing compares to this. The heat, the smoke, the destruction\u2014it was overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1680\" data-end=\"1947\">Rescue crews wearing PPE kits worked tirelessly to sift through the debris, which was still smoldering hours later. One official claimed to have recovered between <strong data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"1859\">25\u201330 bodies<\/strong>, including children, and noted that <strong data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"1946\">DNA tests would be required for identification<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1680\" data-end=\"1947\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64361\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_11-30-40-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_11-30-40-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_11-30-40-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_11-30-40-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-13_11-30-40.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1949\" data-end=\"2106\">Tragically, among the victims were not only passengers but also <strong data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2063\">students and staff from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B._J._Medical_College\">BJ Medical College<\/a><\/strong>, whose hostels were impacted by the crash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2108\" data-end=\"2241\">Although authorities have yet to confirm an official death toll, <strong data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2240\">police sources said 265 bodies were taken to the civil hospital<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2243\" data-end=\"2304\">Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the media, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2394\">\n<p data-start=\"2307\" data-end=\"2394\">\u201cWith that much fuel onboard, once the fire ignited, it was impossible to save anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2396\" data-end=\"2549\">This horrific incident has shaken the nation and raised fresh concerns about aviation safety and emergency preparedness in densely populated urban areas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2396\" data-end=\"2549\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=64364\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ace90f4eca22afc7 jsx-73334835 Story_description__fq_4S description paywall story-with-main-sec tbl-forkorts-article tbl-forkorts-article-active\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ace90f4eca22afc7 jsx-73334835 Story_description__fq_4S description paywall\">\n<div class=\"dottedimg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Brief: A London-bound Air India flight crashes in Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff 1.25 lakh litres of aviation fuel ignited, causing an uncontrollable inferno Rescue operations hampered&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64369,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64367\/revisions\/64369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}