Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu will chair a high-level meeting on air safety on Saturday at 10:30 AM at the Ministry office, two days after an Air India Plane crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, which claimed 241 lives on board.
The collection of DNA samples from the family members of the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash continued on Saturday, to help identify the bodies. Many came to the BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad to provide their samples.
BJP spokesperson Jayrajsinh Parmar on Friday said that he boarded the same AI 172 flight from London's Gatwick airport to Ahmedabad on the night of June 6.
Following the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad, local NGO Darshana Animal Welfare sprang into action to rescue injured and traumatised animals in the area. Founder Akash Chavda told ANI that 6-7 dogs and over 50 birds perished in the blaze following the crash, while his team managed to save 3
Parmarth Niketan Ashram President Swami Chidanand Saraswati performs special prayers and Aarti on the banks of the Ganges in Rishikesh to pay tribute to the victims of the tragic AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad, which claimed 241 lives.
Vijay Rupani was one of the 241 passengers who lost his life in the tragic crash of the Air India flight 171, a London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, on Thursday.
Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) held a prayer ceremony and lamp offering on Friday at the Mahabodhi Temple to honour the memory of the victims of the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash.
Members of the Indian community in the UK paid homage to those who lost their lives in the tragic Air India plane crash, outside the Indian High Commission in London.
Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan on Friday reacted strongly to the tragic Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad, calling it a heartbreaking incident and slamming the opposition leaders for demanding "resignations".
The crash occurred shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The aircraft, which was heading to London Gatwick, went down in the Meghaninagar area.
In a post on X, Bhardwaj said, "You go for a vacation in Kashmir, and terrorists shoot you point blank. You go to a Kumbh and it ends in a stampede, killing many. You go to a Railway station, you can get killed again in a stampede. You go in a flight for work/vacation, and it crashes. You ar