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Canada Standard
12 hours ago
- Health
- Canada Standard
Doctors and families evacuate premises of medical college, recount horror of AI 171 plane crash
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India] June 13 (ANI): A day after the devastating AI 171, plane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Survivors--students, professors, staff, and family members--were seen evacuating with luggage from the premises BJ Medical College doctors' hostel on Friday. The London-bound Air India flight had tragically crashed into a residential section of the Medical College, housing doctors, students, and their families. Second-year resident doctor Dr. Tarun, who barely escaped with his life and bearing visible injuries, shared his horrifying experience and said, 'The fire was very intense. It was not possible to get out of my flat, so I jumped from the balcony. That's how I survived. We are not going home right now. We will go wherever we get an accommodation... We did not even have the essentials with us. We got an opportunity to get our things from inside, so that's what we are doing for now...' Assistant Professor Dr. Piyush recounted his narrow escape, 'I escaped from the building and then jumped over the boundary wall in front. That's how I got a sprain. If I had waited for 15-20 seconds inside more, I would have died of suffocation or asphyxiation... Many people lived inside with their families...' The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick with 242 passengers crashed in Meghaninagar area shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. 241 people were killed in the crash. Meanwhile, the father of Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, an air hostess who died in the plane crash, has claimed that he has still not gotten any assistance from either Air India or the state government after his daughter passed away, with him only getting news about the crash and other rescue efforts from social media. 'Air India has not informed us of anything. I got the information only through social media, like the crash, and other things. I got information on that, but after that, what was to be done or what would happen, we were not told. No one from Air India came to our house to tell about it, or even from the government,' the victim's father, Kongrailatpam Nandesh Kumar Sharma, said. 21-year-old Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was part of the cabin crew on Air India flight AI 171. Breaking down in front of journalists here, he demanded answers from the state government on whether they will assist the families affected. 'I just want the government should say something, take care of the family. Now that she (his daughter) is gone, she is gone. I only have 3 daughters. So what will I say? I have no words,' he said. Earlier, the Tata group announced 1 crore to be given to the families of the deceased and the injured. A team of caregivers sent from Air India also arrived in Ahmedabad yesterday. Air India said that among the 242 passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 Britishers, seven Portuguese and one Canadian national. Immediately after departure from Runway 23, the aircraft fell on the ground outside the airport perimeter. (ANI)
Canada Standard
12 hours ago
- General
- Canada Standard
"Air India did not inform of anything..." father of cabin crew member killed in AI-171 crash breaks down
Imphal (Manipur) [India], June 13 (ANI): The father of Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash has claimed that he has still not gotten any assistance from either Air India or the state government after his daughter passed away, with him only getting news about the crash and other rescue efforts from social media. 'Air India has not informed us of anything. I got the information only through social media, like the crash, and other things. I got information on that, but after that, what was to be done or what would happen, we were not told. No one from Air India came to our house to tell about it, or even from the government,' the victim's father, Kongrailatpam Nandesh Kumar Sharma, said. 21-year-old Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was part of the cabin crew in Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which crashed near Ahmedabad airport yesterday. The flight had 242 people on board, with the company confirming the death of 241 of them, as one British national survived the crash. Breaking down in front of journalists here, he demanded answers from the state government on whether they will assist the families affected. 'I just want the government should say something, take care of the family. Now that she (his daughter) is gone, she is gone. I only have 3 daughters. So what will I say? I have no words,' he said. Meanwhile, the Tata group has announced 1 crore to be given to the families of the deceased and the injured. A team of caregivers sent from Air India also arrived in Ahmedabad yesterday Air India said that among the 242 passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 Britishers, seven Portuguese and one Canadian national. Immediately after departure from Runway 23, the aircraft fell on the ground outside the airport perimeter. Heavy black smoke was seen coming from the accident site, said the official. Thick plumes of smoke could be seen at the accident spot. Earlier in the day, PM Modi held a review meeting with the officials at the airport in Ahmedabad in the wake of the Air India plane crash incident. He also visited the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad and reviewed the ground situation. (ANI)
India Gazette
14 hours ago
- Health
- India Gazette
Doctors and families evacuate premises of medical college, recount horror of AI 171 plane crash
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India] June 13 (ANI): A day after the devastating AI 171, plane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Survivors--students, professors, staff, and family members--were seen evacuating with luggage from the premises BJ Medical College doctors' hostel on Friday. The London-bound Air India flight had tragically crashed into a residential section of the Medical College, housing doctors, students, and their families. Second-year resident doctor Dr. Tarun, who barely escaped with his life and bearing visible injuries, shared his horrifying experience and said, 'The fire was very intense. It was not possible to get out of my flat, so I jumped from the balcony. That's how I survived. We are not going home right now. We will go wherever we get an accommodation... We did not even have the essentials with us. We got an opportunity to get our things from inside, so that's what we are doing for now...' Assistant Professor Dr. Piyush recounted his narrow escape, 'I escaped from the building and then jumped over the boundary wall in front. That's how I got a sprain. If I had waited for 15-20 seconds inside more, I would have died of suffocation or asphyxiation... Many people lived inside with their families...' The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick with 242 passengers crashed in Meghaninagar area shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. 241 people were killed in the crash. Meanwhile, the father of Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, an air hostess who died in the plane crash, has claimed that he has still not gotten any assistance from either Air India or the state government after his daughter passed away, with him only getting news about the crash and other rescue efforts from social media. 'Air India has not informed us of anything. I got the information only through social media, like the crash, and other things. I got information on that, but after that, what was to be done or what would happen, we were not told. No one from Air India came to our house to tell about it, or even from the government,' the victim's father, Kongrailatpam Nandesh Kumar Sharma, said. 21-year-old Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was part of the cabin crew on Air India flight AI 171. Breaking down in front of journalists here, he demanded answers from the state government on whether they will assist the families affected. 'I just want the government should say something, take care of the family. Now that she (his daughter) is gone, she is gone. I only have 3 daughters. So what will I say? I have no words,' he said. Earlier, the Tata group announced 1 crore to be given to the families of the deceased and the injured. A team of caregivers sent from Air India also arrived in Ahmedabad yesterday. Air India said that among the 242 passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 Britishers, seven Portuguese and one Canadian national. Immediately after departure from Runway 23, the aircraft fell on the ground outside the airport perimeter. (ANI)
India Gazette
18 hours ago
- General
- India Gazette
"Air India did not inform of anything..." father of cabin crew member killed in AI-171 crash breaks down
Imphal (Manipur) [India], June 13 (ANI): The father of Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash has claimed that he has still not gotten any assistance from either Air India or the state government after his daughter passed away, with him only getting news about the crash and other rescue efforts from social media. 'Air India has not informed us of anything. I got the information only through social media, like the crash, and other things. I got information on that, but after that, what was to be done or what would happen, we were not told. No one from Air India came to our house to tell about it, or even from the government,' the victim's father, Kongrailatpam Nandesh Kumar Sharma, said. 21-year-old Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was part of the cabin crew in Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which crashed near Ahmedabad airport yesterday. The flight had 242 people on board, with the company confirming the death of 241 of them, as one British national survived the crash. Breaking down in front of journalists here, he demanded answers from the state government on whether they will assist the families affected. 'I just want the government should say something, take care of the family. Now that she (his daughter) is gone, she is gone. I only have 3 daughters. So what will I say? I have no words,' he said. Meanwhile, the Tata group has announced 1 crore to be given to the families of the deceased and the injured. A team of caregivers sent from Air India also arrived in Ahmedabad yesterday Air India said that among the 242 passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 Britishers, seven Portuguese and one Canadian national. Immediately after departure from Runway 23, the aircraft fell on the ground outside the airport perimeter. Heavy black smoke was seen coming from the accident site, said the official. Thick plumes of smoke could be seen at the accident spot. Earlier in the day, PM Modi held a review meeting with the officials at the airport in Ahmedabad in the wake of the Air India plane crash incident. He also visited the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad and reviewed the ground situation. (ANI)
Time of India
a day ago
- General
- Time of India
Two Manipur crew members among victims of Air India crash near Ahmedabad
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Guwahati: Two cabin crew members from Manipur — Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam and Lamnunthem Singson — were among those who lost their lives in the tragic Air India plane crash near Sharma Kongbrailatpam hailed from Thoubal while Singson belonged to from Nganthoi and Lamnunthem, the cabin crew included senior members Shradha Dhavan and Aparna Mahadik, along with Saineeta Chakravarti, Deepak Pathak, Maithili Patil, Irfan Shaikh, Roshni Songhare Rajendra, and Manisha Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had departed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:38 pm with 242 passengers and crew members on board. Among them were 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian national, and seven Portuguese Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh stated in X, 'I am deeply shocked and grieved by the tragic Air India flight crash near Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad, this afternoon. The aircraft, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London, carried 242 people on board. This heartbreaking incident has shaken the entire nation. My thoughts and prayers are with all those on board and their families during this unimaginably difficult time.'Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic and shocking incident of an aircraft crash that occurred during a flight from Ahmedabad to London. He has prayed to the Almighty for the speedy recovery of all those injured in this unfortunate mishap.
