Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge visits Ahmedabad Civil Hospital

Ministry of Civil Aviation tweets, "A High Level Multi-disciplinary Committee is constituted for examining the causes leading to the crash of the Air India Flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport (London) on June 12, 2025. The Committee will examine the existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines issued to prevent and handle such occurrences and suggest comprehensive guidelines for dealing with such instances in the future. The Committee will not be a substitute to other enquiries being conducted by relevant organisations but will focus on formulating SOPs for preventing and handling such occurrences in the future."

A member of the Indian community, Kunal says, "I am from Gujarat, Ahmedabad...We paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the London-bound Air India plane crash...I will pray to God to grant peace to all the departed souls and that this kind of incident never occurs again."

Salvage teams scouring the debris of flight AI-171 on Friday found the black box of the crashed Air India 787-8 Dreamliner and 29 more bodies, taking the toll to 274 and expanding the scale of the worst single-aircraft disaster in the history of Indian aviation.

The casualty count increasing far beyond the 241 passengers and crew confirmed dead in the crash suggested that the other victims were likely people on the campus of Ahmedabad’s BJ Medical College – possibly doctors, their family members, medical students, workers and others in the Meghaninagar neighbourhood.

The body of Dr Jay Prakash Chaudhary, a second-year MBBS student, who was reported missing on Thursday after the incident, was identified by his friends and relatives. He was native of Rajasthan, said his friends. Sources said that relatives of some of the doctors who were living in a block on campus are also feared dead in the incident. The Dreamliner, which took off from Ahmedabad airport for London’s Gatwick with 242 people on board at 1.39pm on Thursday, didn’t gain altitude beyond 425ft and crashed into residential quarters and students’ mess on the college campus located barely 3km away from the runway edge.

By afternoon, 219 samples were collected from relatives of the victims. Bodies of eight identified victims were immediately handed over to their families, officials said. “Most bodies are charred or mutilated, making visual identification impossible,” a senior official said. “DNA matching will take 48 to 72 hours, after which we can confirm the toll.” Teams from NDRF, SDRF, and the fire and emergency services department were involved in the search operations. Airports Authority of India said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau began their probe on Thursday itself, assisted by 40-odd personnel designated for the task by the state govt.

Family members of victims of the AI171 crash wait for DNA samples to be collected at Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, on Friday. So far, eight bodies have been handed over to families as faces of the victims could be identified. For others, DNA samples are being collected from immediate family members to match with charred remains.

The grief in the room was palpable as relatives waited their turn, struggling to hold back tears, while nurses drew samples and ticked off names on a list. A state govt official said 319 body parts had been sent from the crash site for DNA matching. By afternoon, 219 samples had been collected from family members at the hospital. The matching is expected to take 48 to 72 hours.

It was an emotional scene outside the postmortem room of the Civil Hospital as the yellow body bags containing remains of victims of the AI171 airplane crash were brought out one after the other on Friday afternoon. While the Civil Hospital officials did not disclose the names of the victims whose bodies were handed over, sources close to the development said that these were the doctors and locals at the site who died in the crash. “The handed over bodies did not include any of the passengers as the DNA analysis and matching will take time. These bodies were identified by relatives,” said sources.

Sources said that the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) extended help to ensure that the victims got their death certificates in time for final rites. Several of the bodies or human remains will be flown out of the city to other parts of India or even abroad. The remains were shifted to the cold storage at the 1,200-bed hospital on the Civil Hospital campus. “The shifting of bodies is done after the DNA sampling is completed,” said an official.

When three friends studying at BJ Medical College — Aryan Rajput, Jay Prakash Chaudhary and Manav Bhadoo — gathered for lunch in the mess building, they had no inkling that it would be their last meal together. They were among the unfortunate people who perished in the deadly AI 171 crash on Thursday afternoon.

Rajput, who was from Jigsoli village near Gwalior, had secured admission to the college after scoring 695 marks in the NEET exam last year. Bhadoo was from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan and was also in the first year. Chaudhary, from Boricharan village in Rajasthan, was a second-year student.

They had secured their admissions through the all-India quota and became friends soon enough. Their hostel was about 500m from the mess building. While they were having lunch, the plane crashed into the mess building. Some students were trapped while others fled.

Viswashkumar Ramesh just walked out from the wreckage of a burning and battered aircraft that took with it the lives of everyone else who had checked in with him. He stumbled away from the torn Air India Dreamliner with minor bruises on his face and mild burns on his arms.

As the world wonders how, with incredulous news anchors asking that question from television studios in almost every part of the globe, the 40-year-old British national will perhaps for the rest of his life have to live with the agony and ecstasy of a miracle few have — or will — witness in their time on this earth.

From his hospital bed in Ahmedabad, a still-rattled Viswash said on Friday, “I can't believe that I survived. For some time, I thought I too was going to die. Sir (PM Modi) asked me what happened. I told him I don’t know... It all happened so fast.” Not surprisingly, 11A — the seat Viswash occupied — has now become a universal lucky number.

The flight data recorder from the crashed Air India flight was recovered Friday in what likely will lead to clues about the cause of the accident that killed 241 people on the plane and a number of others on the ground.

The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel when the plane came down shortly after takeoff on Thursday in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad.

The plane's digital flight data recorder, or black box, was recovered from a rooftop near the crash site and India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said that it had begun its work with “full force.” The black box recovery marks an important step forward in the investigation, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said in a social media post.

The device will reveal information about the engine and control settings, in addition to what the voice recorder will show about the cockpit conversations, Paul Fromme, a mechanical engineer with the U.K.-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers said in a statement.

“This should show quickly if there was a loss of engine power or lift after takeoff and allow a preliminary determination of the likely cause for the crash,” said Fromme, who heads the professional association's Aerospace Division.

In an echoing hall in India's Ahmedabad, mourning families gave DNA samples on Friday to identify relatives missing after a London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area.

At least 265 people on board and on the ground were killed when the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner smashed into a residential area soon after takeoff on Thursday. Just one passenger miraculously survived the giant fireball.

Ashfaque Nanabawa, 40, said he had come to find his cousin Akeel Nanabawa, who had been onboard with his wife and three-year-old daughter.

He said they had spoken as his cousin sat in the plane just before takeoff.

"He called us and he said: 'I am in the plane and I have boarded safely and everything was okay'. That was his last call."

Nanabawa, speaking in the early hours of Friday morning, said he and his family had given DNA samples, but were yet to "identify any of the bodies".

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Indian police said at least 265 bodies had been recovered from the smouldering crash site -- both from the wreckage of the plane and the medical staff accommodation into which the burning jet crashed.

The toll may rise further as more bodies are located.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the crash "heartbreaking beyond words".

India's Home Minister Amit Shah, who visited the crash site and those injured in hospital on Thursday evening, said forensic laboratories would "complete the DNA testing in the shortest possible time".

Shah said the final official toll would "be declared only after DNA testing is completed".

On a raised platform, a dozen exhausted doctors worked to collect samples for the grim task of trying to identify bodies.

"We have taken samples of babies and those above 80 years old. I don't have words to explain this," said a doctor, on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Air India said there were 169 Indian passengers, 53 British, seven Portuguese, and a Canadian on board the flight bound for London's Gatwick airport, as well as 12 crew members, making 242 onboard.

Only one is confirmed to have survived, a British national.

At least 24 people also died on the ground when the jet hit residential buildings.

"As doctors, you're always prepared for the worst right?" the medic added.

"But this is just overwhelming. Families are crying, looking for answers."

Above, the sounds of planes echoed, with the hall close to another airport.

"One person came to give the sample... his child, wife and mother were on the flight", the doctor added. "What do I even say?"

One woman, too grief-stricken to give her name, said her son-in-law had been killed.

"My daughter doesn't know that he's no more", she said, wiping away tears.

"I can't break the news to her, can someone else do that please?"

Two doctors have filed a letter petition in the Supreme Court, seeking directions to the Central government to provide adequate compensation to the victims of the Air India flight AI -171 crash near Ahmedabad airport.

The plea, filed on Friday by Dr Saurav Kumar and Dr Dhruv Chauhan, has urged the SC to direct the Central government to immediately announce and disburse interim compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the families of all deceased victims, including resident doctors from Ahmedabad's BJ Medical College who were among those killed.

The plea states that as per various constitutional provisions and a 2020 Supreme Court judgement which laid down detailed principles for assessing compensation, it is the state's duty to take concrete remedial action, in this regard.

The plea has further called for the constitution of a High-Level Expert Committee comprising retired judges, aviation experts, actuaries and economists to assess and determine final compensation based on principles established in the 2020 Supreme Court judgement.

Moreover, the petition seeks directions for the Central Government to provide rehabilitation support, including employment opportunities for eligible family members of the deceased persons and for a thorough investigation into the cause of the crash with necessary steps to prevent similar incidents in the future.

The plea has been filed by Advocate Satyam Singh Rajput on behalf of the two doctors.

Following the crash, the Tata group, which owns Air India, announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore each for the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic Air India plane crash on Thursday.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has also ordered enhanced safety inspections on Air India's Boeing 787-8/9 fleet. As a preventive measure, the DGCA has directed Air India to carry out additional maintenance actions on B787-8/9 aircraft equipped with Genx engines with immediate effect, in coordination with the concerned regional DGCA offices.

Of the passengers, 241 died in the crash. The lone survivor, identified as Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin, sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment.

Shares of Singapore Airlines (SIA), which holds 25.1 per cent stake in Air India, dropped on the Singapore Exchange on Friday, a day after the Indian carrier's plane crash in Ahmedabad.

Shares of SIA closed at SGD 6.94 on Friday, down 1.28 per cent over its previous close.

Air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, operating a flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed soon after the take-off on Thursday afternoon. Out of the 242 people on board the plane, only one person survived.

Meanwhile, Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet powered by GEnx engines, a day after 241 people onboard died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad.

The enhanced DGCA inspection will include checks of various systems and a review of take-off parameters of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft of Air India, owned by Tata Group.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed Air India to carry out additional maintenance actions on its Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 planes equipped with Genx engines with immediate effect.

Multiple teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) apart from other central forces were deployed for rescue and relief operations at the aircraft crash site in Ahmedabad on Thursday, officials said.

Six teams of the NDRF, two teams comprising 67 personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF), 150 from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its riot control unit RAF and those from the CISF and National Security Guard (NSG) were mobilised, officials said.

Personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), who provide a counter-terrorist security cover to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Ahmedabad International Airport, were among the first rescuers to have reached the crash site along with local fire and police officials, they said.

"Rescue operations are being carried out in close coordination with local authorities and emergency services," the CISF said on its social media handle at X.

A senior Union home ministry official said that a number of bodies and survivors were retrieved by these forces.

"They will be at the aid of the state government till it is required," he said.

The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon.

The Boeing aircraft crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the Ahmedabad International Airport around 2 pm.

Air India and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Friday said the airline will maintain full transparency in all communication related to the tragic crash of flight AI171, which killed 241 people and left one survivor.

“We will be transparent in our communication on the plane crash,” Chandrasekaran said, assuring families of victims and the public that Air India is cooperating fully with investigators.

The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college complex shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has launched a formal probe, with the Digital Flight Data Recorder now recovered from the rooftop of a building near the crash site.

The Tata Group, which owns Air India, has also deployed support teams to assist grieving families, coordinate with authorities, and facilitate DNA identification efforts underway in the city.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday confirmed that the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), commonly known as the black box, was recovered from the rooftop of a building at the Ahmedabad crash site — not from the wreckage shown in widely circulated videos.

"Contrary to some reports, the video recorder being circulated is not the DFDR. The black box was located on a rooftop and has been recovered. Work began with full force immediately," AAIB said in a statement.

More than 40 personnel from the Gujarat state government have joined hands with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) teams at the site to assist in the investigation following the fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on Thursday.

The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into the BJ Medical College complex shortly after takeoff, killing 241 of the 242 people onboard. The DFDR is crucial to understanding the final moments of the flight, which issued a Mayday call before contact was lost.

Investigators say analysis of the black box will provide key data on speed, altitude, and flight control inputs — information vital to reconstructing what led to one of India’s deadliest air disasters.

As authorities began DNA sampling to identify the 241 victims of the Air India AI171 crash, heartbroken family members arrived in Ahmedabad on Friday, clinging to hope for closure amid the devastation.

“We have come from Patan. My sister-in-law died in the crash. Her brother gave his DNA sample yesterday. They said it will take 72 hours,” said one grieving relative to ANI, calling for a thorough investigation into the tragedy. “So many people have died. We still don’t know how it happened.”

The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner, carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, crashed into the BJ Medical College doctors' hostel on Thursday, minutes after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Only one passenger, British citizen Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, survived.

Students from the hostel, many of them injured and carrying their belongings, were seen evacuating the site on Friday. Several suffered fractures and lost personal items in the blast and fire that followed the crash.

The aircraft was piloted by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a seasoned Line Training Captain with over 8,200 hours of flying experience, assisted by First Officer Clive Kundar. ATC officials reported that the aircraft took off at 1:39 pm from Runway 23 and issued a Mayday call before all communication ceased.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu confirmed a formal probe has been initiated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site Friday morning to review the situation and later met survivor Vishwas Ramesh at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital. Modi also held a review meeting with top officials at the airport, as investigators continue to piece together what went wrong in one of India’s deadliest aviation disasters.

British High Commissioner to India, Lindy Cameron, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning following the deadly Air India AI171 crash that killed 241 people, including 53 British nationals.

In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Cameron said, “We shared condolences in the face of this tragic accident, and I offered my thanks for the work of tireless first responders here in Ahmedabad.”

She added that the UK and India are “working together to establish the facts” and assured support to the families and friends of British nationals affected by the crash.

“We stand ready to support the families and friends of affected British Nationals — please consult our Travel Advice for updates,” she said, providing emergency helpline numbers for consular assistance.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college complex shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday. Only one person survived the crash. An investigation is underway.

A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday visited the crash site of Air India flight AI171, which went down shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, killing 241 people on board. Officials confirmed the NIA was joined by members of other central agencies.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operating the Ahmedabad–London Gatwick route, crashed into the premises of a medical college complex just minutes after liftoff on Thursday afternoon. The aircraft was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members.

Only one passenger, 45-year-old British citizen Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, miraculously survived the crash. He has since recounted chilling details of the moments before the aircraft stalled and hit the building.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has launched a formal investigation. The AAIB will classify and examine the incident as a major aviation accident and seek to determine the technical or operational causes behind the tragedy.

The crash marks one of the deadliest aviation disasters in India in recent memory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the survivor in hospital on Friday and was briefed on the rescue and investigation efforts.

Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the tragic Air India AI 171 crash, said he still cannot believe how he made it out alive from the devastating accident that killed 265 people, including former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani. The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Ramesh, a British citizen and resident of Leicester, at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, where he is recovering from burn injuries. In an interview with DD News, Ramesh, 45, said, “It all happened in front of my eyes. I cannot believe how I survived.”

Seated in 11A — a window seat near the emergency exit — Ramesh said he felt the aircraft stall within seconds of takeoff. “Green and white lights were on. It looked like they were trying to give it more thrust. Then the plane crashed into a building,” he said.

He described scenes of horror: “Air hostesses, aunties, uncles… all gone in front of my eyes. I felt I was about to die. But when I opened my eyes, I was alive. My side didn’t hit the hostel. The door broke open, and there was space. I unbuckled myself and walked out. My left hand was burnt, but I escaped.”

The aircraft had 242 people on board, including 12 crew members. Ramesh was the only survivor.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the aircraft took off from Runway 23 at 1:39 pm IST and issued a MAYDAY call before it lost contact with Air Traffic Control.

Among the dead were 168 Indian nationals, 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian. The aircraft was en route to London’s Gatwick Airport and crashed into a residential building shortly after takeoff.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash, while tributes and condolences continue to pour in for the victims.

Akash Vatsa, who claimed in a viral tweet yesterday that he flew in the same Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Delhi to Ahmedabad, hours before it crashed soon after take-off while flying as Air India flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London, spoke exclusively to ANI.

He said, "I did not witness any issues when the flight took off. I felt something was unusual with the plane's flaps outside. Experts will be able to decode this better... The ACs were not working properly when the flight was on the ground before taking off... At cruising altitude, I noticed that the rear part of the flaps was moving up and down repeatedly. However, many aviation experts have pointed out that it is normal for the ACs to be off to give the plane a better thrust. I tried to complain about it, but the crew was in a rush because the flight was almost ready for take off... Even after the AC was switched on, its temperature kept fluctuating... Even when we got on the shuttle bus after the flight, many other passengers exclaimed that the bus's AC was working better than the flight's."

Former chief minister Vijay Rupani considered 1206 his lucky number and ensured it featured on all vehicles he owned over the years.

The number has now become synonymous with one of the worst aviation tragedies in India's history, in which he lost his life along with 264 others on Thursday.

Rupani was among 242 persons on board a London-bound Air India flight that crashed into a building of a medical college and hostel in the Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday afternoon.

The former chief minister considered 1206 as his lucky number, but it has now become the date of his final journey, June 12 (12/6).

In his hometown Rajkot, people could identify Rupani's car by its vehicle registration number 1206.

According to locals of Rajkot and journalists, Rupani's scooters and cars bore the same number.

Former pilot Ehsan Khalid explains possible causes of the Air India flight AI-171 crash: "Investigators will look for all the reasons behind the crash. There are just two reasons that I can look at... loss of power - if there is loss of power in an aircraft then it will do exactly what this aircraft did. Loss of power in both engines... so rare. Could it happen because of bird hit? Yes, it has happened before in Airbus 320. Could it happen because of technical malfunction? Yes. These aircraft are electrical aircraft, they are run by software. Was there a software glitch that caused the aircraft power to reduce or go off? We don't know. The second thing is loss of lift. Loss of lift is the flap position - the flap being selected up. When the flap is selected up, the aircraft would lose lift by almost by 30 per cent."

Union Home minister Amit Shah said nearly 1,000 DNA tests are being conducted to identify victims. He said the massive fire from over 1.2 lakh litres of fuel left no chance of survival for most on board.

Aviation officials say the aircraft’s black box — which includes the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — is crucial to determining how the disaster occurred. Investigators are focusing on retrieving these devices to help reconstruct the flight’s final moments. As the search operation at the crash site continues, authorities have not yet provided an update on the recovery of the black boxes, which may hold vital clues to understanding what led to the tragic crash of the London-bound flight.

Forensic Science Professor Dr Naresh Kumar Soni says, "It was quite a horrifying accident, and due to the condition of the wreckage, identifying all the disaster victims is extremely difficult. All bodies have been moved to the postmortem room. The forensic science team is conducting DNA analysis, and once matches are confirmed, the remains will be handed over to the families. Samples are being collected based on available evidence. Since there's a risk of contamination over time due to temperature, the FSL team is working as quickly as possible."

Here’s what Sanjeev Pai, family friend of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal who was the pilot of the ill-fated Air India plane that crashed, said: “I am a retired Wing Commander and have worked with Air India staff in every kind of situation. Captain Sumeet was a very good and experienced pilot. His death is a huge loss for Air India. He was such a calm and peaceful person, an excellent pilot. There were never any complaints about him - he was very professional in both his behavior and in his dealings with people.”

Sanat Kaul, former Joint Secretary of the Civil Aviation Ministry, suggests that while the DGCA is the official regulator and operates independently, it had repeatedly flagged safety and inspection issues with Air India. The recent crash raises serious concerns about the airline’s maintenance practices, especially the effectiveness of routine "line maintenance" checks before flights.

Former Joint Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation, Sanat Kaul says, "In this matter, the DGCA- Director General of Civil Aviation is the regulator. It functions under the Ministry, but operates independently. DGCA had written to Air India several times, pointing out multiple issues, mainly regarding safety, things like improper inspections and other lapses. So the question now arises about the maintenance procedures followed by Air India. There's also concern about what's called 'line maintenance', the checks conducted by inspectors before every flight. How thorough and effective those checks were is now under scrutiny..."

"There is a complete regulatory framework in place, there’s no issue with that. Our regulations are well laid out and above us is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations body. They have very detailed global regulations that every member country must follow. Every nation, including ours, adheres to these rules. Regular inspections and audits are conducted, ICAO teams visit each member country, including India, every one or two years. So in terms of regulation, everything is robust and well-defined. The question is how well it was being implemented in practice. In such a vast system, if there were any lapses, which airline, which area, that will now be investigated," he further added.

On the crash of Air India Flight AI171, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says, "In this hour of grief, the whole country stands with the families of the deceased. We wish for the speedy recovery of the injured. This incident is extremely saddening. This accident has saddened the people of many countries. We pay tribute to the deceased."

Former Executive Director of Air India and aviation expert Jitender Bhargava says: “Every time an accident occurs, the standard operating procedures are activated - and that has happened in this case as well. Air India, as the airline; Boeing, as the manufacturer of the Dreamliner aircraft; and the DGCA, as the regulatory agency, will naturally examine every aspect - what happened, why it happened, and so on...Yes, the accident occurred, but understanding why it happened will require a full investigation.”

He added: “This is the first instance of a Dreamliner aircraft being involved in an accident. The commander of the aircraft had 8,200 hours of flying experience, so you cannot blame the incident on a lack of pilot experience. As someone from the airline industry, my suggestion is that we must wait for the investigation to conclude and provide a clear explanation of where things went wrong and why the accident occurred.”

SVPI Airport issues passenger advisory

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport remains fully operational for passengers.

In light of yesterday’s incident involving Air India flight AI-171, dedicated helpline numbers have been created for passenger queries and assistance.

Please call +91 99741 11327, 079-29900291, or 079-29900391.