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
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.
"I am writing to express my deepest anguish over the incident of vandalisation of a historic ancestral house of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in Siraj, Bangladesh, Tagore frequented the place repeatedly in his lifetime, and many of his finest works were conceived or written while he was the
Condolences from leaders across the world are pouring in after a London-bound Air India flight, carrying 242 people, including 12 crew members, crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday.
He called India and Canada vibrant democracies, which are bound by shared democratic values, a steadfast commitment to the rule of law and very vibrant people-to-people ties.
The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick with 242 passengers crashed in Meghaninagar area at 1:39 pm (IST) shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
Speaking to ANI, Mohol said, "It's a very unfortunate incident. We are all rushing to Ahmedabad. There were 242 people onboard the aircraft. We have issued helpline numbers."
"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.