Ahmedabad Plane Crash: The tragic accident involving the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner has created a lot of anxiety and panic among air travelers. After taking off from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the Dreamliner aircraft, which reached an altitude of 600 feet, crashed into the men’s hostel mess of BJ Medical College near the airport and crashed. Of the 242 people on board, 241 (230 passengers, 10 crew members, and two pilots) died. Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a British citizen of Indian origin who was returning to the UK, was the only survivor of the accident. It is being marked as the worst aviation disaster to have happened in India so far.

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Netizens Tweets in Panic

Booked my Indigo flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai, only to realise after it’s a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
I have next-level flying anxiety so I was thinking of cancelling this one but Friends said it’s fine.

— Poan Sapdi (@Poan__Sapdi) June 12, 2025

This crash happened right after I booked my first ever flight tickets to goa? And that of AIR INDIA😭😭

— बर्फ (@life_oftush) June 12, 2025

I’ve got my family’s tickets booked from Zurich to India next month Jul 27th …Now scared to board Air India..Can u cancel and refund in full??#planecrash #AirIndiaPlane @airindia @TataCompanies

— johnson (@JohnsonSwamy) June 12, 2025

Scared to Fly in Air India now. 🛫 pic.twitter.com/CaWgfzDqlH

— Ray (@sde_ray) June 12, 2025

The news, which shocked the entire country, has created a lot of panic and anxiety among air travelers. Many people have openly expressed on social media that they are afraid to fly again, even on Air India. Moreover, many passengers who had booked tickets on Air India flights have expressed doubts on social media about whether they will get a refund if they cancel their tickets due to the fear created by the AI-171 disaster. Many wrote that they are afraid to travel on Air India flights.

As people started writing social media posts expressing panic, some responded that there is no need to look at air travel with fear. According to data provided by Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, commercial aviation is one of the safest modes of transport. Some social media users pointed out that some reports say that there have been very few fatal accidents so far and that the chances of dying in a plane crash are about one in 11 million. Earlier, when whistleblowers raised safety issues with Boeing aircraft, many people wrote posts saying that they would abandon Boeing. The phrase ‘If it’s Boeing, I ain’t going’ was widely circulated on social media at that time.

Also Read: Air India Flight AIC129 from Mumbai to London Turns Back Mid-Air: Are they safe?

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