Mumbai: Filmmaker Ashok Pandit expressed his condolences on Thursday after a tragic aircraft accident in Ahmedabad. He said that it has shaken everyone and “This tragedy cannot be forgotten.”
Speaking to ANI, he said, “This tragedy, which has taken place in Ahmedabad, where an Air India aircraft has crashed with more than 200 people, who lost their lives, is unavoidable.
It is very sad, one is in shock, and no one can even imagine all the passengers who will sit on the plane and were going to London. Pilots, staff, travelers, it is a tragedy that has shifted everyone, it has shocked everyone. ,
He said, “No one can express in words, no dictionary can define this tragedy. My heartfelt condolences to the family, all families who have lost their close and beloved people. And imagine that the aircraft falls among the people living among the people falling in a residential place and falls in a hospital where it falls in a hospital where it reports that doctors, MBBS doctors have also sent this accident.
The filmmaker shared that he is sure that the government would give full support to the victims and their families. “I am sure that the government will all go out and see that families are taken care of. And it cannot be forgotten, this tragedy cannot be forgotten.”
He said that it has left the entire country in shock and expressed condolences to the families of the victims. “Views are coming on your mobiles coming on your mobiles, and it is shattering you, it is really advancing you. And someone really thinks about themselves that no one is entitled to such death, no one is entitled to such a tragedy. It is a tragedy that the whole country is mourned;
Confirming the incident, Air India said that out of 242 passengers were 169, 169 Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian national.
“Air India confirmed that AI171, flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after the take-off. The flight, which left Ahmedabad in 1338 hours, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members in 787-8 aircraft. In the nearest hospitals.
A senior police officer said that a survivor has been found in a deadly accident of Air India aircraft carrying 242 people, as it entered the nearby doctors hostels soon after flying from Ahmedabad Airport.
According to officials, the aircraft was under the command of an LTC Captain Sumit Sabarwal with an 8,200 -hour flight experience. He was assisted by the first officer Clive Kundar, who had a 1,100 -hour flying experience.
According to the Air Traffic Control (ATC), the aircraft left for the runway 23 to 1339 IST (0809 UTC). It gave the ATC a day of May 1, but after that, no response was given by the aircraft to the call made by the ATC. “Soon after departure from runway 23, the aircraft fell to the ground outside the circumference of the airport. The heavy black smoke was coming from the accident site,” the official said.
