All 242 people onboard killed after plane crashes in India, says Reuters

All 242 people on board an Air India plane bound for London have died, Reuters writes, citing Indian media.

Police officers said the plane crashed in a civilian area near the airport.

“The building on which it has crashed is a doctors’ hostel,” a senior police officer told reporters.

The 242 people included 217 adults and 11 children, a source told Reuters. Of them, 169 were Indian nationals, 53 were Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, Air India said.