Ahmedabad plane crash updates: 241 dead, only 1 survivor; efforts on to recover black box
Efforts are on recover the black box of the Air India flight AI 171 which crashed in Ahmedabad as its analysis will provide vital clues about what triggered the disaster, said police and Fire Brigade officials on Friday.
A day after the deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad, the bodies of six victims were handed over to their families after identification on Friday.
Expressed profound condolences, offered fullest support in this hour of grief: S Jaishankar to foreign counterparts on Ahmedabad air crash.
PM Modi later visited the city civil hospital, where he spoke to Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the tragedy and met the injured victims.
He visited the C7 ward of the hospital, where 25 injured people are undergoing treatment, and also interacted with the doctors.
The prime minister spent around 10 minutes at the hospital.
Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu and Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi informed the prime minister about how the plane crashed into the college hostel and mess.
PM spent around 20 minutes inspecting the site, where the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft (AI171) crashed into a complex of B J Medical College in the Meghaninagar area shortly after taking off on Thursday afternoon.
Prime Minister Modi arrived at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport here and drove straight to the crash site in the Meghaninagar area, officials said.
He was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
Four MBBS students, doctor's wife among dead
Four MBBS students, doctor's wife among deadFour MBBS students and a doctor's wife were among those killed after the London-bound Air India plane crashed into residential quarters of the BJ Medical college here on Thursday afternoon, a senior official said.