Ahmedabad Air India crash: Gujarat government to rebuild hostel damaged in AI-171 crash; victims' kin seek memorial at site
The Gujarat government plans to rebuild a hostel complex damaged in the AI-171 Air India crash. Families of victims are advocating for the site to be preserved as a memorial instead. The new hostel will accommodate 236 doctors and include modern facilities at an estimated cost of ₹105 crore.
- ▪The AI-171 crash occurred on June 12 last year, killing 241 people on board and 19 on the ground.
- ▪The Gujarat government will construct a new hostel complex with modern amenities at the crash site.
- ▪Families of victims have requested that the site be preserved as a memorial for those lost in the tragedy.
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A medical college hostel complex severely damaged in last year's AI-171 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad will be rebuilt, the Gujarat government has said, even as families of some victims want the site to be preserved as a memorial.Also read | Families of AI171 crash victims seek release of black box data, write to PMThe government will build a new ultra-modern hostel facility at the same site at an estimated cost of ₹105 crore, Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said on Tuesday (May 26, 2026).The London-bound Air India flight AI-171 crashed into the hostel complex of B.J. Medical College in Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12 last year, killing 241 persons on board and 19 persons on the ground.
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