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Kurukshetra Woman’s Trip to London Ends in Deadly Air India Crash

Villagers delivered news of her death to her ailing parents following DNA confirmation of her identity

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Anju Sharma, who lost her life in the tragic Air India Plane Crash  | Image: Republic
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Overview

  • A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating as Air India flight AI-171 crashed after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 of the 242 onboard
  • The lone survivor, a British national of Indian origin, remains hospitalized in Ahmedabad with serious injuries
  • Among those killed was 55-year-old Anju Sharma of Ramsaran Majra village, who was traveling to London to visit her elder daughter
  • Officials confirmed her identity after her younger daughter provided a DNA sample in Vadodara, then villagers informed her frail, bedridden parents
  • Loved ones remember Sharma as a cheerful, warm-hearted presence who made a final WhatsApp video call to her sister before departure