Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Kiren Rijiju and SP Singh Baghel on Thursday expressed grief over the tragic crash of a London-bound Air India flight in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, which claimed several lives and left many injured.
The Government of Goa has declared state mourning for a day on June 13 in view of the crash incident in Gujarat's Ahmdebad on Thursday, involving a London-bound Air India flight.
Air India has deployed a special team of caregivers to Ahmedabad to assist ground staff following an unspecified incident. The airline is collaborating with local authorities to provide necessary support and extend full cooperation in the ongoing investigation.
The Boeing plane with 242 passengers, including 12 crew members, crashed in the Meghani Nagar area shortly after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport.
Reacting to the Gujarat plane crash, former Pilot Ehsan Khalid said that the visuals of the crash of Air India flight carrying 242 people show that the aircraft faced "loss of power." However, he added that it is unlikely that "both engines would lose power simultaneously."
Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda on Thursday expressed grief over the tragic plane crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and said that the whole nation is in shock and pained by the incident.
Several Bharatiya Janata Party leaders mourned the death of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was onboard the London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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The Indian High Commission in the UK has released an emergency number for relatives of passengers who were onboard the Air India Flight AI171, which crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday. It asked people to use this number only for emergency visa-related queries about the next of kin
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