Filmmaker lacking since Air India aircraft crash; kin concern he could also be floor sufferer

Jun 16, 2025 12:21 AM IST

Many of the our bodies have been burnt past recognition or broken in any other case, authorities are finishing up DNA assessments to ascertain the identification of the victims.

The household of a filmmaker have submitted DNA samples after he went lacking on Thursday and his cell phone location was final traced to simply 700 metres away from the horrific Air India aircraft crash. 

Air India AI171 Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner plane crashed into the hostel advanced of the BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar space close to Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport on June 12 and was a ball of flames.(PTI)

The plane crashed into the campus of a medical school in Meghaninagar moments after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:39pm on Thursday, killing 241 out of 242 on board in addition to 29 on the bottom. 

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Naroda-resident Mahesh Kalawadia, also referred to as Mahesh Jirawala, directs music albums and went to satisfy somebody at Law Garden space that afternoon, his spouse Hetal mentioned. 

“My husband called me at 1.14pm to tell me his meeting is over and that he is on his way home. However, when he did not return, I called up on his phone but it was switched off. After police was intimated, the last location of his mobile phone showed he was 700 metres away from the crash site,” she mentioned. 

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“His phone got switched off around 1:40pm (a minute after the ill-fated flight took off). His scooter and mobile phone are missing. All this is unusual since he would never use that route (as per the last location) to come home. We have submitted DNA samples to check if he was one of those killed on the ground due to the crash,” Hetal added. 

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Since lots of the our bodies have been burnt past recognition or broken in any other case, authorities are finishing up DNA assessments to ascertain the identification of victims of the horrific tragedy. 

Three days after the tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad, which has to date claimed 270 lives, hospital authorities confirmed on Sunday the identification of 47 victims via DNA matching. Authorities have handed over 24 our bodies to the victims’ households, they added.

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