00:00Meanwhile, the tragic news that we can give you is we are also getting first reactions from the Air India CEO, Campbell Wilson.
00:11But the other tragic news is former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani is confirmed dead.
00:18He's been confirmed by CR Patil, Union Minister and former Gujarat Congress, Gujarat BJP chief, has confirmed that Vijay Rupani is no more.
00:28In a moment, I'll speak to some colleagues of Vijay Rupani, including Shakti Singh Goyal, who had tweeted about the Congress leader from Gujarat, who had spoken about Vijay Rupani.
00:39Remember, Vijay Rupani was Chief Minister of Gujarat after Anandi Ben Patel stepped down.
00:47And he remained Chief Minister of Gujarat till 2020, when he was replaced by Bhupendra Patel.
00:56But he was Chief Minister of Gujarat for almost three years, comes from Rajkot.
01:02And therefore, there is a, he is, in a way, the other side of the story.
01:08We heard of the miracle survivor in Leaveney.
01:11And Vijay Rupani was in seat 12A.
01:14Mr. Rupani was one of the senior most leaders of the BJP in Gujarat.
01:20And had, let's listen in to what Siyar Patel had to say about his colleague.
01:27Thank you very much.
01:57And his colleague is, my dear father, who had a chance of becoming one of the weekend in the Paranormal
01:58He who was on the right side of the community, he who is one of the weakest of the children.
02:03And our drinker is also about the compassion of the children, the best of the children in the country.
02:07So I think that these individuals have not signed a chance to have a chance to have a chance to have passed.
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02:37He gave his soul a great deal.
02:39He gave his family a great deal.
02:43This is so big that the Mani Ferdinand Mantri,
02:46Narendra Modi and Sri Amit Vaisar also
02:50is reaching the same path.
02:53Whatever he can do,
02:55whatever he can do,
02:57we will come here.
03:01Vijay Rupani, senior leader, I just want to correct myself.
03:16He was chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 21.
03:19So he was chief minister over five years in Gujarat
03:23and had successfully led them to an election victory in 2017.
03:30So Vijay Rupani, senior BJP leader, is no more.
03:34He passed away.
03:35He was in seat 12A, just behind where the passenger,
03:42the miracle passenger has survived.
03:45So you've got two stories coming to you straight.
03:48One, Vijay Rupani seated in 12A of AI flight 171
03:52and the passenger in 11A who survived.
03:56So a tale of two passengers.
03:58The Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani, former Gujarat chief minister,
04:02no more, but a passenger in 11A, Vishwaguru Ramesh, has survived.
04:08And that his survival will also be really seen as a complete miracle,
04:16apparently thrown out of the emergency exit
04:18and thereby managed to avoid the burns that have consumed,
04:23the burning flames that consumed that flight.
04:28I'm trying to get more details.
04:30My Ahmedabad correspondent, Brajesh, is back with us.
04:33Brajesh, the home minister, is on the ground at the moment.
04:37I'm presuming airline services at the airport have not resumed yet.
04:40See, Baradheep, airport has resumed all the flights as per normal from around 6 p.m.
04:51As the P.R.O. of the airport, Ahmedabad airport,
04:55has shared the information, the flight operations are resumed at 6 p.m.
04:59Union Home Minister and Union Aviation Minister has visited the site where we are right now.
05:05This is the BJ Medical Hostel, where the plane was crashed.
05:11After the crash, plane was landed here.
05:13So, he has visited, both the Union Minister have visited the site
05:17and they have inspected what was the situation at that time
05:20and how the rescue operation was done.
05:22The armed forces as well joined the rescue operation with NDRF and SDRF
05:28and all the local police officials were also joined with them.
05:31So, this is the situation right now on the ground.
05:34They took stock of the situation which the horrific incident of the plane crash happened
05:42after more than 35 years in Ahmedabad.
05:4635 years ago, similar kind of plane crash happened in Ahmedabad as well.
05:51But that time, technology was not so much.
05:54Right now, we have the access of the technology
05:55and that's why we have been able to show the visuals
05:57and the devastating visuals of the incident
05:59or the after the incident,
06:01how the mess was vanished
06:04or the people were troubled up at that time.
06:08How was the situation of the people?
06:10How the dead bodies were lined there?
06:12So, we have seen such kind of devastating visuals
06:14because of the technology has evolved.
06:17So, right now, the Union Home Minister
06:20and Union Aviation Minister are visiting the sports.
06:22Now, they are going to the civil hospital
06:24where the dead bodies were taken
06:25and also the injuries were shifted to the civil hospitals,
06:29be it the resident doctors
06:30or the passengers who were badly injured during this incident.
06:35So, now, both the ministers
06:37along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bupendra Patel,
06:39they are visiting the civil hospital
06:41and they will meet the families of the victims
06:44or the victim families as well as the injuries as well.
06:48Okay, Rajesh, we'll keep coming back to you
06:51for more updates at the moment.
06:54As I said, the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio,
06:58has also expressed grief.
07:00Remember, there's an investigation team
07:02that is expected from the Air Transport Board
07:04of the United States
07:05to help India in assisting India
07:09in the aftermath of this tragedy
07:13to find out the causes, the reasons
07:15Boeings fly across the world.
07:17America has just signed a major Boeing deal with Qatar
07:19when President Trump was in Doha recently.
07:24The Tata Group has now announced
07:25a one-crore compensation for the victims,
07:30for the families of the victims
07:31of this tragic air crash.
07:34One-crore each to the kin of the deceased
07:36is an announcement that Tata has made.
07:40U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio,
07:42expressing his immense grief at what's happened.
07:46Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani,
07:48we've been telling you,
07:50is no more at the moment.
07:52Mr. Rubio has said,
07:54heartbroken by what's happened in Ahmedabad,
07:57we continue to monitor developments
07:59and work closely with the Indian government.
08:03We stand with emergency responders
08:05at a time like this.
08:07Just to add, remember there are as many
08:10as 53 British nationals on that flight.
08:12So there is the angle of the United Kingdom as well,
08:17which will be looked at closely.
08:19One-crore each to the kin of the deceased.
08:25Just want to get in more voices at this moment
08:29from the guests who are still with us
08:31to try and understand.
08:38Wing Commander Anil Goyal,
08:40if you are still with us,
08:42just wanted to understand,
08:44you know, this miracle survivor.
08:47This is truly a miracle.
08:48In a flight like this,
08:50could it just be that he managed
08:51to get out of the emergency exit?
08:53It's a true miracle, Rajdeep.
08:58And whenever such kind of accidents happen,
09:00people generally go into a shock
09:02and they are not able to react
09:05for next two to three minutes.
09:08And they generally become,
09:12they don't feel anything.
09:14But this passenger somehow
09:15was able to react
09:17and definitely some got a hand
09:20pulled him out of the crash site.
09:22As we can see,
09:22as the aircraft touched down on the ground,
09:25a big flames were seen
09:27and smoke was seen.
09:29Despite all that,
09:30he has managed to come out.
09:31I am a true believer in God
09:34and I think God has actually
09:35pulled him out of the crash site.
09:38It can only be a miracle
09:40when someone is pulled out
09:41of a crash site virtually unscathed
09:43when everyone else appears
09:45to have either unfortunately tragically died
09:52or suffered from injuries of a kind
09:55that suggests recovery could be very difficult.
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