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Wreckage in Ahmedabad neighbourhood hit by plane

Footage shows devastation in a residential area where an Air India plane heading from Ahmedabad to London crashed on Thursday.

The police chief in Ahmedabad says there appear to be no survivors from the crash, according to reports from the AFP and AP news agencies.

He added that because the plane crashed in a residential area, including a hostel housing medical students, "some locals would have also died".

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