UK PM Starmer says scenes of Air India plane crash ‘devastating’

LONDON: (Jun 12) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday expressed his anguish following a plane crash involving a London-bound Air India flight with 53 British nationals among 242 on board, shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport.

“The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating,” Starmer said in a statement.

“I am being kept updated as the situation develops, and my thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this deeply distressing time,” he said. PTI