NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Police in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad said more than 240 people were killed on Thursday when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed on to a medical college hostel, revising an earlier death toll of 294. Vidhi Chaudhary, a top police officer in Ahmedabad, […]
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Police revise death toll in India plane crash to more than 240
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Police in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad said more than 240 people were killed on Thursday when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed on to a medical college hostel, revising an earlier death toll of 294.
Vidhi Chaudhary, a top police officer in Ahmedabad, told Reuters the death toll shared with media previously included double counted body parts.
(Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Chris Reese)