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Ahmedabad plane crash | Who are 10 crew members who lost their lives in Air India's fatal accident

Ahmedabad plane crash | Who are 10 crew members who lost their lives in Air India's fatal accident

Who are 10 crew members who lost their lives in Ahmedabad plane crash Photograph: (WION)

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An Air India aircraft, en route to London, with 242 people onboard crashed in Gujarat. Here's who the crew members were

An Air India aircraft, en route to London, with 242 people onboard crashed in the Indian state of Gujarat's Ahmedabad. Rescue operations are underway and one survivor was found on the flight. There is no clarity on the number of deaths yet. The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, 7 Portuguese, and one Canadian besides the crew.

According to the officials, the plane was being flown by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal with First Officer Clive Kundar as his deputy. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal was a Line Training Captain. According to reports, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal had 8,200 hours of flying experience under his belt, while the co-pilot, Clive Kundar had 1,100 hours of flying experience.

Other crew members onboard the fatal flight were:

  • Shradha Dhavan
  • Aparna Mahadik
  • Saineeta Chakravarti
  • Nganthoi Kongbrailatpam Sharma
  • Deepak Pathak
  • Maithili Patil
  • Irfan Shaikh
  • Lamnunthem Singson
  • Roshni Songhare
  • Rajendra Manisha Thapa

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