PM Modi arrives in Ahmedabad day after Air India flight crash; visits site and hospital
As the city recovers from the tragic crash of the London-bound Air India plane, Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Ahmedabad Friday morning to take stock of the situation. He visited the plane crash site near the airport and the city's civil hospital where the injured are admitted.
The PM arrived at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in Ahmedabad and headed straight to the plane crash site in Meghaninagar area.
At the site, he was accompanied by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Union Civil Aviation Minister K R Naidu, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi and Director General of Police Vikas Sahay among others.
After inspecting the site in detail, he went to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, which is in close proximity of the crash site, and inquired about the condition of the injured who receiving treatment.
PM Modi also interacted with the injured persons, including the sole survivor of the crash Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a British national.
The London-bound Air India plane, carrying 242 passengers and crew, including former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, crashed into five buildings of BJ Medical College attached with the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Thursday afternoon.
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