Air India pilot's final message before Ahmedabad plane crash
Digest more
Rajkot: A day after a DNA report confirmed the identity of Vijay Rupani among the victims of the devastating Ahmedabad plane crash, the former Gujarat Chief Minister’s mortal remains will be cremated in Rajkot today (June 16) with full state honours.
The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. One passenger survived.
2don MSN
Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.
At least 33 people, including local residents on the ground and MBBS students, have also died till today as the plane rammed into the doctors hostel after the crash.