Sole survivor from Air India plane crash speaks out
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Just days after his wife, Bharatiben, succumbed to cancer, Arjun Patoliya visited their native Gujarat village in India last week to fulfill her dying wish of being laid to rest there.
Arjun Patoliya, 37, was among those killed when Air India Flight AI171 crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on June 12
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Payal Khatik, a young woman from Rajasthan, was on the ill-fated Air India Ai-171 flight from Ahmedabad to London that crashed June 12; she was one of 242 people flying to London's Gatwick, in her case for higher studies.
Mumbai: A special havan and puja were held at the Babulnath Temple in Mumbai on Saturday morning from 8:30 in the morning to noon to pray for the souls of those who lost their lives in the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad. The puja was attended by several devotees who gathered to offer prayers and perform rituals in memory of the victims.
At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.