A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, packed with 242 souls, plummeted into a doctors’ hostel in Ahmedabad, India, seconds after takeoff, leaving a trail of devastation and no hope for survivors, as The Sun reports.
The flight, bound for London Gatwick from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, carried 232 passengers and 10 crew, including 53 British nationals, 169 Indians, one Canadian, and seven Portuguese, but crashed after reaching just 625 feet, killing at least 204 and likely all aboard.
Mere moments after leaving the runway, the plane lost contact with air traffic control, according to Flightradar, signaling a catastrophic failure that ended in tragedy. Videos captured the Dreamliner flying dangerously low over Ahmedabad’s Meghani Nagar residential area. A massive explosion followed, with thick black smoke choking the sky.
This marks the first fatal crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, an airliner hyped as a pinnacle of modern aviation technology. The progressive obsession with cutting-edge systems didn’t save this flight from disaster. Confidence in such advancements now lies in tatters.
Among those feared dead are British couple Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, who ran the Wellness Foundry, a venture peddling spiritual fluff to the woke elite. Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek gushed, “We have had a magical experience,” on Instagram hours before the crash. Their “mind-blowing” Indian journey ended in catastrophe, exposing the fragility of their airy ideals.
Jamie Greenlaw-Meek added, “We really have been on quite a journey.” Their final post about a “delicious Tali” meal at a fancy hotel reeks of the privileged detachment that defines their brand. Reality, not auras, brought their trip to a grim close.
The crash site is a grim tableau, with 204 bodies recovered and many still trapped under rubble, per a city police commissioner. The official’s stark assessment -- no survivors likely -- underscores the scale of this horror. Rescue efforts face a near-impossible task.
U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called the scenes “devastating,” a rare moment of clarity from a leader often mired in bureaucratic platitudes. His words ring hollow against the backdrop of such loss. Political posturing can’t undo this tragedy.
King Charles, alongside Queen Camilla, expressed being “desperately shocked” by the Ahmedabad events. Royal sympathy is fine, but it’s cold comfort for the families now grieving. Monarchs can’t rewrite the outcome of this disaster.
The plane’s failure raises sharp questions about Boeing’s vaunted Dreamliner, sold to the public as a marvel of engineering. If this is the future of flight, skepticism is warranted. Corporate assurances won’t calm nerves now.
Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek’s appearance on ITV’s This Morning to babble about “auras” was dubbed the Wellness Foundry’s “biggest gig so far.” Her fleeting fame, built on mystical nonsense, now feels like a cruel prelude to this tragedy. The woke media’s fascination with such drivel looks even more absurd in hindsight.
The couple, together since 2019, curated a brand that thrived on Instagram’s shallow spirituality. Their posts, dripping with self-indulgent positivity, clash jarringly with the wreckage in Ahmedabad. Social media clout offers no shield against reality.
Ahmedabad’s residents, already rattled by the low-flying jet, now grapple with the aftermath of a blast that shook their city. The doctors’ hostel, an unlikely target, lies in ruins. This wasn’t just a plane crash -- it was a community’s heartbreak.
The international toll -- British, Indian, Canadian, Portuguese—highlights the global reach of this disaster. Yet the response will likely be bogged down by diplomatic hand-wringing and corporate deflections. Grieving families deserve better than that.
As investigators sift through the debris, the world waits for answers about what brought down a supposedly state-of-the-art airliner. The progressive dream of flawless technology has crashed hard. Only truth, not ideology, can rebuild trust.
