A wave of grief and urgency swept through Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital as families from across India and even the UK arrived to provide DNA samples in hopes of identifying their loved ones killed in the recent plane crash.
There is shock, grief, and unbearable silence at the residence of 22-year-old Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma in Awang Leikei, Thoubal district. Nganthoi, a young cabin crew member with Air India, was among the 242 people on board Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad en route to London Gatwick on Wednesday afternoon, killing almost all on board.
In a devastating tragedy, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport en route to London Gatwick on Wednesday afternoon.
