The only Canadian passenger on board the unfortunate flight Air India, which crashed in Ahmedabad 12 June 2025, was identified as Dr. Nirali Sureshkumar patel, 32 -year -old Mississauga dentist in Ontario.
Dr. Sureshkumar returned home after a brief visit to India when the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner dropped and claimed that the life of lives. According to CTV News, the patel survived her husband and their annual child.
The Boeing 787-8 was 242 passengers and crew members. Passengers formed 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national, Air India said in a statement.
“That was my wife”
Patel’s husband spoke briefly with the Canadian press and said, “That was my wife. I’m not in a state to speak right now.” He also confirmed that in the process of reservation of flight for himself and their annual child to India, CTV News reported.
“It’s absolutely shocking. There are no words for this grief,” said Don’s leader Don Patel CTV News Toronto on Thursday.
Don, who knew Nirali’s family, said she was in India four or five days before the start of the return trip to Ethobicoke, which remained unfinished.
We will try to give them strength, whether we can. Sometimes words may not help them, but moral support or just appears and to be there with them gives so much power, ”Don said about Niral’s family who tried to get to India, CTV reported.
AHMEDABAD aircraft crash
The Air India, which joined London, crashed into the BJ Medical College campus in Ahmedabad, tragically killed several medical students and injured dozens of others. With the exception of one British man, all 241 other passengers lost their lives, Hindustan Times informed.
CCTV accounts revealed shots and eyewitnesses that the aircraft tried to gain altitude before it fell into the hostel, leaving behind the remains and debris built into the building.
“Thirty seconds after the take -off was a loud noise, and then the plane collapsed,” said the only surviving of the accident, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh of Hindustan Times of his hospital bed. “It all happened so fast.”
According to the Aviation Safety Network, as stated by Hindustan Times, this is the first fatal accident concerning Dreamliner Boeing 787, which entered the commercial service in 2011.
(Tagstotranslate) Air India Flight
