Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Ahmedabad airport on Friday morning and is scheduled to visit the crash site of the Air India flight AI171, hours after the incident claimed the lives of 241 people, including 12 crew members.
Speaking to reporters at the site, NDRF official Hariom Gandhi said, "Our team is on standby and working. Our six teams are working on the ground. Wait for some time... We cannot give any numbers until the site is completely cleared."
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu have arrived at the domestic terminal of Ahmedabad airport to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting the Air India flight AI171 crash site today.
Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi and the BJP's State General Secretary (Org.) Ratnakar has arrived at the Ahmedabad airport as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Ahmedabad today, a day after an Air India flight from here to London, carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, crash
After the tragic crash of Air India flight 171 near Ahmedabad, a local at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital said the accident must be thoroughly investigated and called on Air India to take full responsibility.
Miraculously, one person has survived the deadly crash, the airline authorities said, adding that the survivor was a British national of Indian origin.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed condolences following the tragic crash of an Air India flight near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Union Minister of State for Education and Development of North Eastern Region, Sukanta Majumdar, said that the BJP in West Bengal has cancelled all its political programmes amid the plane crash in Ahmedabad.
The Prime Minister is visit to Ahmedabad in the wake of the deadly flight crash that claimed the lives of 241 people, including 12 crew members, onboard.
"A close relative of Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare, who was an air hostess, has died in the accident," Pawar said while addressing the gathering here.