Thursday proved to be extremely unfortunate for Gujarat. Air India aircraft, going from Ahmedabad to London, crashed near the airport. In this accident, more than 200 people, including the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, died tragically. A total of 242 people were present in the Air India Dreamliner aircraft. It had 230 passengers. These included former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Vijay Rupani is the second Chief Minister of Gujarat, who has been killed in a plane crash. Earlier, Balwantrai Mehta died in a plane crash six decades ago. Gujarat BJP state president CR Patil has confirmed the death of Vijay Rupani. He said that this accident is very big. May God give peace to his soul. Patil said that PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are reaching Gujarat.
Handle both government and organization
Vijay Rupani was the only leader of Gujarat BJP who took responsibility for both the government and the organization in the state. He became the state president first and then the Chief Minister of the state after Anandiben Patel resigned from the state. He was the Chief Minister from 2016 to 2021. He was known as a sensitive Chief Minister. When the BJP implemented no repeat theory in the state, he resigned. Rajya Sabha member Vijay Rupani was currently the Punjab state in -charge of BJP. According to family sources, Vijay Rupani was going to London to meet his daughter. There is an atmosphere of mourning among people and fans close to Rupani in Gujarat on his death.
What did the state BJP president say? At the same time, State BJP President CR Patil also said about this incident that a very sad incident has happened on the land of Gujarat. The accident occurred with so many passengers in an international flight. He said that we could not do anything in this accident. He further said that former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has also been a victim of this accident. God also give peace to his soul. Gujarat can never forget this incident. We pray that God give peace to the departed souls.
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu reached Ahmedabad:
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has reached Ahmedabad. During this, he said that rescue operations are going on at the scene. I am shocked by this very sad incident, tragedy. My condolences to the bereaved families. It is difficult to tell the number of dead. The aircraft accident will be investigated.
PM Modi will visit the spot in Ahmedabad:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the spot in Ahmedabad. The Prime Minister will visit the spot in Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad aircraft accident highlights
Airline: Air India Flight Number: AI-171 Destination: London Flight Time: 1:139 minutes in the afternoon: Meghaninagar IGP Complex of Ahmedabad: Number of people in the aircraft after 1:39 pm: 242 pilot and cabin crew: 2 pilots and 10 cabin crew Indian: 169 British: 53 Canadai: 1 PC: 1 PC: 1 PC: 1 PC 12 pilots information: Captain: Sumit Sabharwal First Officer: Clive Kundar Captain Experience: 8,200 hours First Officer Experience: 1,100 hours