Air India casualties and survivors: Latest updates as King Charles kept updated on Boeing 787 crash - and Foreign Office issues statement
The UK's foreign office has put out a brief statement on the plane crash in India.
Fifty-three Britons were on the flight, according to Air India. The Foreign Office said:"We are aware of a plane crash in Ahmedabad.
“The UK is working with local authorities in India to urgently establish the facts and provide support to those involved." Britons who have concerns may call 0207 008 5000, the foreign office added.
King Charles is being kept updated on the crash, Buckingham Palace has said. Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he is "deeply saddened by news".
India’s minister for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said there have been reports of 105 casualties following the crash of a Gatwick-bound plane which departed from Ahmedabad Airport. Mr Mohol said in a statement translated on Sky News: “We have heard there is 105 casualties.
“We have not given a statement about it… the first of all the priorities is that we have to save as many people as possible.” He also said: “There is a recovery plan going on at the site. I cannot comment on all this and I think it will take some time.”
The local police chief has said at least 204 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, according to the Reuters news agency. The figure could include passengers and those who died on the ground from impact, they said.
He added: "My thoughts are with all those affected. The UK is working with local authorities in India to urgently establish the facts and provide support."
The plane crashed into a residential area of Ahmedabad - and now a senior police officer has said it crashed "at a doctors' hostel". The officer told the local ANI news agency that police were at the scene within three minutes.
There appear to be no survivors from the Air India airliner that crashed, a city police commissioner has told the Associated Press. There were 53 Britons on board the Air India flight when it crashed, according to the airline. Of the 242 passengers in total, 169 are Indians, seven are Portguese and one is Canadian.
At least 30 bodies have been recovered from a building at the site of the plane crash, Reuters reports, citing rescue personnel at the site. More people were trapped inside, the rescue workers said.