Overview

• The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating as Flight AI171 crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 people including 36-year-old Arjun Patolia.
• Arjun Patolia had travelled to Gujarat to immerse his late wife’s ashes in the Narmada River, fulfilling her final wish just days after her death in London.
• His daughters, aged four and eight, became orphans after losing both parents within an 18-day span.
• Investigators have retrieved the flight data recorder and are examining wreckage while a high-level panel reviews technical, operational and regulatory factors.
• Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the crash, has been interviewed by authorities as part of the ongoing inquiry.