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Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 12, 2025 — Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani is confirmed among the 242 passengers on board Air India Flight AI171, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Rupani, who served as Chief Minister from 2016 to 2021, has sadly been declared one of the dead in what is now India’s deadliest civil aviation disaster.Flight AI171, a Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed into the mess hall of B.J. Medical College’s doctors’ hostel in the Meghani Nagar neighbourhood at around 1:38 PM local time. The impact and resulting…