Overview
- Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary met Manisha Thapa’s parents and brother in Patna on Saturday to offer condolences.
- St Xavier’s College, Patna, where Thapa graduated in business economics in 2017, held a condolence meeting to celebrate her achievements and mourn her loss.
- Flight AI-171 lost control shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12 and crashed near City Civil Hospital and BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad, causing multiple fatalities among passengers and residents.
- Thapa had recently joined Air India after serving with IndiGo and was on duty as a cabin crew member when the flight went down.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site on Friday to review rescue operations while investigators continue to examine the cause of the disaster.