Air India plane crash: Gujarat ex-CM Vijay Rupani was given a 21-gun salute. Home Minister Amit Shah also attended the funeral.

He heard screams of people as the burning Air India plane flew overhead. The plane rammed into the hostel mess, and the view around the crash site became all dark for the fifty-four-year-old, Pankaj Barote. As soon as he heard the loud blast sound and the noise ensued, he ran out of his shop and took cover under a tree.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's untimely demise in a plane crash has deeply saddened the state. His legacy was honored with a solemn farewell. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other dignitaries attended the tribute,

Air India crash: 32 bodies identified, 14 handed over to kin Established in 1871 as Ahmedabad Medical School with only 14 students, BJ Medical College is the oldest medical college in Gujarat and among the oldest in India.

Rupani was among the 242 people aboard the doomed Flight AI171 that took off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12 and was en route to London's Gatwick airport. The BJP leader was on his way to meet his daughter in the British capital.

A father of two who had traveled from the U.K. to India to spread his wife's ashes died in the Air India crash on June 12, leaving the couple's two daughters, ages 4 and 8, orphaned. Arjun Patoliya, 37,

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad say their first reaction was to help treat the injured.

Officials said they had found the cockpit voice recorder that may provide crucial clues about what caused the Air India flight to crash, killing at least 270 people.