Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, tragically lost his life in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. His cremation will occur in Rajkot with full state honors. The London-bound flight crashed shortly after takeoff,

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Gujarat has declared a one-day state mourning on June 16 for former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who passed away in the deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad

Abdhiben Patel was supposed to return to work on Saturday. She had offered to finish her work task remotely, a day before the crash.

The heartbreaking Air India tragedy has left two young children without parents after their dad, Arjun Patoliya, 37, was killed in the crash. Just 18 days earlier, their mum, Bharti, died following a courageous battle with cancer. A GoFundMe page set up to support the orphaned girls, aged four and eight, has already raised over £370,000.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the Ahmedabad crash site of Air India flight AI171 and personally inspected the area on foot. Captured by news cameras, PM Modi was seen walking about 10 steps towards the entrance gate of the compound wall,