Ahmedabad, Air India and London
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Payal Khatik was amongst the 230 passengers on the Air India Ahmedabad-Gatwick flight which crashed after just taking off from Ahmedabad airport.
In a heartbreaking turn of events, two young sisters in London have been orphaned after their father, Arjun Patoliya, perished in the Ahmedabad plane
The tragedy struck on June 12, 2025, when Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, bound for London. The flight issued a mayday call shortly after takeoff and crashed into a hospital hostel near the airport, bursting into flames on impact.