Investigation into India air crash begins
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Members of the large Gujarati diaspora in the U.K. have planned events at temples and community centers to remember loved ones and support the bereaved.
Payal Khatik, a young woman from Rajasthan, was on the ill-fated Air India Ai-171 flight from Ahmedabad to London that crashed June 12; she was one of 242 people flying to London's Gatwick, in her case for higher studies.
The Air India plane that crashed near Ahmedabad was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route to London, carrying 242 passengers. It marks the first fatal crash involving this aircraft model. https://t.co/HqzJzjw3qk pic.twitter.com/DWLiTvlhij
A London-bound passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off in India on Thursday, June 12. More than 240 people were onboard, Air India confirmed in a post on X.