A woman who recently got married and was traveling to London to join her husband for the first time, was among the victims of the Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad on Thursday.
What was meant to be a new beginning turned into an unimaginable tragedy for Khushboo Kanwar of Araba Dudawata village in Rajasthanâs Balotra district.
Khushboo Kanwar got married to her husband Vipul Singh Rajpurohit from Kharabaira Purohit in Luni on January 18.
Vipul, a London-based doctor, had been eagerly awaiting her arrival as she had set out to join her husband in London.
Khushboo left her village on Wednesday and stayed at her in-lawsâ home in Luni before heading to Ahmedabad to board her Thursday flight.
Her departure was an emotional moment for the family. She was pictured posing with her dad outside the airport and was also captured in a video making her way inside the airport
However, tragedy struck when Air India flight AI 171 crashed shortly after takeoff in Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad.
The tragic news deeply affected Khushbooâs native village, Araba Dudawata, and her in-lawsâ home in Luni. Her village and family are now in deep mourning and shock.
The London-bound flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took off from Ahmedabadâs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:39 pm on Thursday. Just minutes into the journey, it issued a mayday call and crashed into a government hospital hostel near the airport. The aircraft burst into flames.
Officials confirmed that 265 bodies had been recovered from the crash site till 11.30 pm on Thursday. The Indian Medical Association said three medical students were among the deceased, while several others were injured. Among the victims were nationals from India, the UK, Portugal, and Canada.
