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Less than 60 seconds after leaving Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, the plane lost altitude and crashed into a building that was used as doctors' accommodation at the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital.

The tragedy had unfolded in seconds: a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, crashing into a medical college in a densely packed residential neighborhood.

Nine-year-old Puchu Sardar, one of the boys, grabbed a cricket bat and quietly slipped past his sleeping father.

The speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, condemned the blast, saying those responsible were the "enemies of humanity".

Sardar Bali is the co-founder at Berlin-based AI travel planner and guide Just Ask Layla.