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Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Unimaginable Pain; Irreplaceable Loss

On the afternoon of June 12, the city of Ahmedabad, and the country, were rocked by an Air India plane crashing into a residential area less than an hour after its take-off from the airport. The incident left dead 240 out of the 241 people onboard, and many more were killed and injured from the plane crashing into a medical college and nearby staff quarters. As families try to identify their loved ones charred bodies, Prime Minister Modi visited the site of the crash today and held a review meeting with top officials. Speaking on the distraught families of the deceased, Modi said, 바카라Describing the incident as 바카라heartbreaking바카라 and 바카라beyond words,바카라 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was in touch with ministers and authorities to ensure support for those affected.

Air India Plane Crash Victim's family mourns
Ahmedabad plane crash: Victim's family mourns | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil

Relatives mourn the death of Akash Patni, a 14-year-old boy who was amongst the dead in yesterday's Air India flight 171 plane crash, at a hospital mortuary in Ahmedabad.

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Plane Crash Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Plane Crash | Photo: PMO via PTI

In this video grab via PMO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of yesterday's Air India plane crash, at a hospital, in Ahmedabad. A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.

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Plane Crash In Ahmadabad
Air India Plane Crash | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Volunteers and hospital staff carry a casket with a victim of the Air India plane crash out of the autopsy room at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the site of the Air India plane crash
Plane Crash In Ahmadabad | Photo: PMO via PTI

In this image via PMO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the site of the Air India plane crash, in Ahmedabad. A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.

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Ahmedabad plane crash: Relatives at hospital
Ahmedabad plane crash: Victim's family mourns | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Grieving relatives of Air India plane crash victims mourn outside the autopsy room at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

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Ahmedabad plane crash: Relatives at hospital
Air India plane crash: Victim's family mourns | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil

Relatives of a victim of the Air India plane crash mourn outside a hospital, in Ahmedabad. A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.

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Meghaninagar Plane Crash: Relatives at hospital
Meghaninagar Plane Crash: Relatives at hospital | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki

Family members of victims of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, wait for DNA test at civil hospital on Friday.

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Ahmadabad Airport Plane Crash
Air India Plane Crashes | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Parts of an Air India plane that crashed on Thursday are seen on top of a building in Ahmedabad.

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Air India Plane Crashes
Ahmadabad Airport Plane Crash | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Members of National Disaster Response Force arrive at the site of an airplane crash in Ahmedabad.

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Plane Crash Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Plane Crash | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki

Inside view of a canteen building where the tail of an airplane stuck after it crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, India.

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Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Plane Crash Ahmedabad | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Policemen secure the site of an airplane crash in Ahmedabad.

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