National Conference chief farooq abdullah expressed grief over the air india plane crash. He expressed condolences to the victim families. Along with this, the NC chief demanded that this plane crash should be investigated with full seriousness. farooq abdullah said in a conversation with the media, "I think this is the first time in our country that such a tragedy has happened after many years. All these people were going to london by air india plane. There were many indian citizens in it and some foreign citizens as well. What I have heard is that when the plane started to take off and started going to height, there was a power failure in it."

The pilot could only say mayday, mayday, mayday - Farooq Abdullah

The National Conference chief further said, "The pilot could only say mayday, mayday, mayday. The plane fell on a four-storey building where doctors live. god knows how many of them must have lost their lives. This is very unfortunate. On my behalf and on behalf of my Jamaat, I express my sympathies with those who have died in this accident. I only ask Allah to give peace to their souls, their families have suffered the most, may they be able to bear this."

'May Allah give them the courage to bear this sorrow'

farooq abdullah also said, "It will not be easy to bear this. It will be very difficult. I pray that Allah gives them the courage to bear this sorrow. We should take care in future that such an incident never happens again. It should be investigated properly. I understand that these are very new planes. Till date I have not heard of any such problem with this plane."

There were 242 people on board the plane

Let us tell you that the air india plane going from ahmedabad to london crashed on thursday (12 June). Shortly after taking off from ahmedabad airport, the plane crashed in a residential area. Immediately after the accident, a huge cloud of black smoke was seen rising in the area. There were a total of 242 people on board the plane, including crew members.

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