Nirali Sureshkumar Patel, Wife and Mother to 1-Year-Old Child, Named as Sole Canadian Killed in Air India Crash

The only Canadian connected committee nan Air India formation that killed each but 1 personification has been identified. 

Dr. Nirali Sureshkumar Patel, a 32-year-old dentist from Mississauga, Ontario, was among nan 241 victims aboard nan Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. She is survived by her hubby and their 1-year-old child, CTV News, National Post and CP 24 reported Thursday, June 12. 

The London-bound level crashed successful a residential area of India astir 1:43 p.m. section clip — conscionable 5 minutes aft taking off.

“It’s perfectly shocking. There’s nary words successful this grievance,” organization leader Don Patel, told CTV News Toronto connected Thursday. Don, who knew Nirali's family, said she had been successful India for 4 aliases 5 days earlier making her return to Etobicoke.

“She was coming back. And we heard this tragic point happened arsenic soon arsenic we aftermath up,” he said.

Her husband, who declined to stock his sanction publicly, reportedly said, “That was my wife. I americium not successful a authorities to speak correct now,” per nan National Post.

He and nan kid are reportedly successful nan process of walking to India. 

“I said to her relative very concisely this greeting while we were trying to thief and put their travel,” Don said of Nirali’s family trying to get to India.

“We’ll effort to springiness them strength, whichever measurement we can. Sometimes words mightiness not thief them, but civilized support aliases conscionable showing (up) and being location pinch them gives them truthful overmuch strength,” nan family friend added.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford shared his condolences on X.

“I’m saddened to study that a Canadian from Mississauga, Ontario was among those mislaid successful nan tragic Air India clang adjacent Ahmedabad. On behalf of nan group of Ontario, I widen my deepest condolences to nan families and loved ones of each victim. We are keeping you successful our thoughts during this difficult time,” nan Canadian leader wrote.

There were 230 passengers and 12 unit connected committee nan Boeing 787-8 aircraft.

"The passengers comprised 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, 7 Portuguese nationals and 1 Canadian national," nan airline said connected Thursday morning.

All connected committee were thought to person been killed; however, it was later reported that nan only subsister from nan clang was "a British nationalist of Indian origin." That personification was identified by section reports arsenic 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who is presently hospitalized.

He and his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh, 45, were successful India to sojourn family and were walking backmost to nan U.K. together. Ajay is presumed dead.

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Ramesh sustained “impact injuries” to his chest, eyes and feet, but was alert capable to picture nan clang from nan hospital.

“Thirty seconds aft takeoff, location was a large sound and past nan level crashed,” he told The Hindustan Times from his infirmary bed. “It each happened truthful quickly." 

"When I sewage up, location were bodies each astir me. I was scared. I stood up and ran," Ramesh continued. "There were pieces of nan level each astir me. Someone grabbed clasp of maine and put maine successful an ambulance and brought maine to nan hospital."

The origin of nan clang remains nether investigation.