The London-bound flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hours, was carrying 242 passengers incuding 12 crew members. Of these, 169 are Indians, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian and 7 Portuguese nationals.
"The news of the crash of Air India passenger plane in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is extremely sad and heart-breaking. I express my deepest condolences to all the passengers, pilots and crew travelling in the plane. May God grant speedy recovery to the injured," her post read.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday expressed grief over the plane crash incident in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and prayed for the safety of all the passengers and the cabin crew members.
According to DGCA, the London-bound Air India flight crashed in the Meghani Nagar area of Ahmedabad following the take off at 01:38 pm on Thursday.The Boeing aircraft was carrying 242 people including 12 crew members.
According to plastic surgeon Dr Dinesh Kadam, a Chinese national with 40 per cent burns and an Indonesian citizen in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are being closely monitored. Both patients require more time in the ICU, whereas the condition of the other four crew members is stable.
The Taiwan Government thanked the Indian Navy and Coast Guard for quickly rescuing crew members from the vessel Wan Hai 503 and expressed hope for the safe return of the missing and speedy recovery of the injured.
According to Yu Jing, Chinese and Taiwanese crew members were among those onboard MV Wan Hai. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson wished for successful search operations and speedy recovery for injured crew members.
An explosion and fire occurred aboard MV Wan Hai 503 off Kerala's coast, leaving four missing and five injured. The Chinese Embassy thanked Indian authorities for their swift rescue efforts. The vessel was en route from Colombo to Nhava Sheva when the incident took place.
Four crew members were reported missing and five injured after an explosion under deck was reported onboard MV WAN HAI 503 while it was on passage from Colombo to Nhava Sheva.
During an interview with ANI on Monday, the Retd Air Commodore expressed his confidence in Indian astronaut Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla, who was part of the four-member crew who will be travelling to the space station.
According to Plastic Surgeon Kadam, the six rescuees are from multiple nationalities, including Chinese and Indonesian. Of the six rescued crew members, two have suffered critical injuries.
The Indian Navy, in a closely coordinated search and rescue operation with the Coast Guard, DG Shipping and other stakeholders, has safely rescued 18 out of 22 crew members of the Singapore-flagged MV Wan Hai 503 after a fire broke out.