In the first reaction after the aviation tragedy in Ahmedabad, Trump states that he “gave some directions” to the Indian authorities
June 12, 2025, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India: a 242 -passenger aircraft, Air India, collapsed a few minutes after taking off in the city of Ahmedabad. Photo: Sarabh Sirohiya / Zuma Press / Profimedia
US President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed concern about the deadly aviation accident in India and said he promised US support, if necessary, as a result, CNN, BBC and Sky News.
Live a plane with 242 people on board collapsed in a neighborhood in India, shortly after taking off to London / at least 290 dead, including the ground locals, says the police / MAE: there were also Romanians-photo / video
A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft to London collapsed shortly after take-off at an airport in Ahmedabad, western India, and over 200 people died.
“The aviation accident was terrible. I told them already we will do everything we can-it's a big country, a strong country, they will cope-I'm sure. But I told them we will do everything we can and we will get there. It was a terrible accident,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Trump added that “I gave some directions” to the Indian authorities, but refused to reveal what they are.
“No one knows what happened,” he said. “It seems that (the plane) flew smoothly,” the White House leader said.
Trump also said he is convinced that this is “one of the most serious accidents in aviation history.”
The US president made these statements in an event organized in the eastern room of the White House, in which he also spoke about preventing California to implement the mandate of the state on electric vehicles.
The number of deaths in the aviation catastrophe in India has passed by 290 people, an Indian police officer said for the Reuters news agency, in the latest balance of authorities.
242 people were aboard the Boeing 787-8 aircraft belonging to Air India, which collapsed on Thursday in an area inhabited in Ahmedabad.
