President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has offered her condolences to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and the families of the victims of the fatal Air India plane crash in Western India.
“I have learned with utmost shock about the tragic Air India Jet: AI171 crash near Ahmedabad Airport, Western India, in which the majority of passengers and crew members appear to have lost their lives.
“This unfortunate crash is not only an air disaster that saddens the Indian people and all other nationalities on board of the aircraft, but also pains the Namibian people, who have forged strong bonds of friendship and cooperation with India.”
The president said Namibian citizens share in the grief of the Indian people at this time.
The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Local police say 204 bodies have since been recovered from the crash site. It remains unknown how many of those victims were passengers on the plane or on the ground when the plane crashed.
Local police told the media there was one survivor from the plane, Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British national.
– Additional reporting BBC
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