The dead encompassed a young man who clinched a visa lottery, families coming back from a wedding and Eid, as well as, a student having lunch. Many incinerated beyond recognition.
According to Al Jazeera: “For the Patel family, April was a month of answered prayers.
“The news arrived in a simple email: their son, Sahil Patel, had won a visa lottery. He was one of 3,000 Indians chosen by a random ballot for a coveted two-year United Kingdom work visa, under the British government’s India Young Professionals Scheme.
“But less than two months later, that excitement has turned to grief: Sahil was one of the 241 people on Air India 171 who died when the plane crashed.”
Only one passenger survived the Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad. The unfortunate incident has become India’s deadliest aviation disaster in more than three decades.
Some other people on the ground where the aircraft crashed were also killed, including several students at BJ Medical College, when the plane burst into flames.
Several others sustained various degree of injury and are still in critical care.
Those that died on board the flight, include juvenile students on their way to London on scholarships; a family returning from a wedding in Gujarat, and another visiting India for Eid.
Photo: Only survivor of the Air India Plane Crash, Vishwashkumar Ramesh, British national, meets Indian interior minister Amit Shah in hospital. Reuters via BBC
