The older couple from the Maharashtra’s SOLAPUR district was between those on board the Air India, which crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday, confirmed the higher official. Mahadev Pawar (68) and his wife Asha (60), originally from the village of Hatid in Sangola then, lived in Ahmedabad for several years. He planned to visit his son in London.
The lead official from the SOLAPUR district administration said, “Mahadev Pawar worked in a textile mill in Nadiad (in Gujarat). He had two sons-one-living in Ahmedabad and the other in London.
The sources added that the Pawwar family had left Sangol and settled in Gujarat about 15 years ago.
They recently visited Hatida to meet their relatives, they said. Air India, linked to London bearing 242 passengers and crews crashed moments after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday afternoon. According to Air India, the Boeing 787-8 from Ahmedabad to London carried 242 passengers and crew members. There are 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese and one Canadian national.
The Minister of the Interior of the Union AMIT Shah in Gujarat said that the authorities would announce the number of those killed in the air accident, to DNA tests and passenger verification.
No chance of survival due to burning fuel: Amit Shah in an aircraft crash AI
The Minister of Union Amit Shah said on Thursday that the temperature on the Air India, which crashed in Ahmedabad, was so high due to fuel burning that there was no chance to save anyone.
Inside the aircraft was 1.25 lakh liter of fuel and caught heat, so it was not possible to save someone, Shah told reporters. The whole nation is after the tragedy in a deep shock, he told reporters. Shah also expressed his condolences to the relatives of those who were killed in an accident. The number of killed killed will be officially published by the DNA test and the identification of the victims, Shah said.
(With the entry from the agency)
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