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Surat Mourns Nanabawa Family Burials After Air India Crash

Investigators are inspecting Air India’s Dreamliner fleet with assistance from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch

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Overview

  • DNA testing identified Akeel Nanabawa and his wife on June 16 and confirmed their daughter Sara on June 18 before funeral rites in Haripura on June 18 and 19
  • Hundreds of Bohra community members gathered for Namaz-e-Janaza prayers and burials, reflecting the family’s longstanding ties and respect in Surat
  • Abdulla Nanabawa traveled between Surat and Ahmedabad to oversee the burials of his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter following Eid celebrations
  • Authorities recovered the flight’s black box on June 13 and have launched an investigation into the June 12 crash that killed 241 people
  • The Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau are coordinating with the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch in the ongoing probe