Residents jumped off building as crash impact leads to massive fire

As Air India flight AI-171 traveling from Ahmedabad to London's Gatwick Airport crashed into a residential hostel for intern doctors shortly after takeoff, it ignited a massive blaze and leaving a trail of destruction.

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More than eight people are suspected dead, with dozens more injured or missing.

According to preliminary reports, the aircraft's wing clipped the third, fourth and fifth floors of the multi-storey hostel building near Meghani Nagar.

The impact caused a catastrophic fire that rapidly engulfed the structure, home to more than 50 people, including young medical interns and their families.

The fire's intensity left several trapped inside and forced others to leap from the upper floors in a desperate attempt to escape.

Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and heartbreak.