Ahmedabad plane crash: Flight that never reached its destination; pics of fallen crew

All nine Air India crew members and two pilots who lost their lives in Thursday’s air crash were based in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, including two young women from conflict-ridden Manipur.

An hour before takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal had called home and told his family he would ring again once he reached London.

Co-pilot Clive Kunder's family lived in Kalina and later shifted to IC Colony, Borivali. Clive's parents are presently in Australia visiting their daughter who lives there.

20-year-old Meitei girl Nganthoi from Manipur’s Thoubal district was among the cabin crew members killed in the crash. A cousin of the cabin crew member said her last message before take-off was, "I'm going to London. In a few minutes, we'll take off. We may not be able to talk for a while."

Lamnunthiem, 26, from the Kuki-Zo community is an internally-displaced person from Imphal. A year-long ethnic conflict that has left scores dead in Manipur, her family currently stays in Kangpokpi.

Airhostess Maithili Patil (22) had been working for just two years at Air India. She had last spoken on phone to her father at 11.30 am from Ahmedabad, to say that she is on her way to London on that AI flight.

Deepak Pathak, a resident of Badlapur, was working in Air India since 11 years and lived with his wife and parents in the Katrap area.

Saineeta was an air hostess with Indigo for many years before joining Air India recently, said a family friend. Her elderly parents learned of the tragedy through neighbours and television news reports.

Roshni Songhare, cabin crew member and social media influencer from Dombivli, was unmarried. She lived with her parents and brother in Rajaji Path.

Cabin crew Aparna Mahadik, 42, who lost her life is survived by her husband Amol, who is the nephew of NCP's Raigad MP, Sunil Tatkare. Amol Mahadik is also Air India cabin crew.

Shradha Dhavan and Irfan Shaikh were among the crew members on board AI 171, which was set to depart from Ahmedabad airport at 1:10pm but took off at 1:39pm from Runway 23.