All 242 passengers and crew members riding on an Air India aircraft have died. The aircraft going to London crashed in Meghaninagar near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat on Thursday afternoon. A thick cloud of smoke was seen rising from the airport premises. According to the AP report, Police Commissioner GS Malik said, “It seems that no one is alive in the plane crash.” Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Home Minister and Commissioner of Police regarding the aircraft accident. He also assured to provide the assistance of the central government. The operation of all flights at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here has been temporarily suspended after the Air India aircraft to London. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Home Minister Amit Shah and Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu. He has asked them to go to Ahmedabad and provide all possible assistance to the affected people in view of an air accident.
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List of 25 people injured released
Ahmedabad Police has released a list of 25 people injured in a plane crash in Ahmedabad. Additional Chief Secretary, Gujarat Health Department said that the student hostels, staff quarters and other residential areas of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital are located in the area where the aircraft crashed. About 50 injured have been brought to the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. Air India has issued a hotline number for foreign nationals. Air India said that apart from dedicated passenger hotline number 1800 5691 444, we have added another hotline number +91 8062779200 for foreign nationals.
Demand for DNA sample
The Gujarat government has appealed to the families of the people riding on the plane to sample DNA (DNA) samples to identify the bodies. The accident was so terrible that it has become difficult to identify many bodies. Many local people have also been injured in this plane accident, who are undergoing treatment. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel rushed to Asarwa Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, where the injured have been brought in the plane crash. Here he spoke to the injured.
