Air India crash: Grieving families say justice remains elusive a year later
Key takeaways
- A grieving father fighting deportation as questions linger over compensation.
- Her right hand, waist and both legs are charred and blackened from burns, evidence of a mother’s desperate and futile efforts to save her child.
- On June 12, 2025, Patni was at her tiny tea stall next to a medical college hostel.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
A lottery visa that turned into a death warrant. A grieving father fighting deportation as questions linger over compensation.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Sita Patni outside her house in Ahmedabad, the burn marks on her arm a reminder of her futile attempt to save her son, killed after Air India 171 crashed in June 2025 [Marhaba Hilali/ Al Jazeera]By Marhaba Hilali Published On 12 Jun 202612 Jun 2026Ahmedabad, India — Sita Patni sits in a small room in her first-floor home in Meghani Nagar, a residential neighbourhood in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Her right hand, waist and both legs are charred and blackened from burns, evidence of a mother’s desperate and futile efforts to save her child. When she hears jumbo jets landing or taking off from the city’s airport right next to the locality, she lowers her face to hide her tears.