Families of 260 Air India Crash Victims Demand Answers 1 Year After Ahmedabad Disaster
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 12
Families of 260 Air India Crash Victims Demand Answers 1 Year After Ahmedabad Disaster
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 12
Summary
Dozens of families gathered in Ahmedabad on Friday for a prayer meeting and candlelight vigil, marking one year since Air India flight AI 171 crashed less than a minute after takeoff.
The memorials doubled as a demand for answers because India’s investigation has moved slowly, with no public update since a preliminary report issued last July.
The crash killed 260 people — 241 passengers and crew and 19 people on the ground at a medical college — while only one passenger survived.
More than 100 people attended the vigil at the crash site, where debris still lay scattered and some relatives were seeing the scene for the first time.