Air India: Last Words of Air Hostess Who Died in Plane Crash Released by Father, Family Mourns

• The last words of Air India air hostess, Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, have been revealed by her father
• The Air India plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 241 people
• The 21-year-old air hostess had called her family hours before the crash, and her father shared what she said

The last words of Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, an air hostess aboard a crashed Air India plane, have been made public by her father.

An Air India plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, India.

The aircraft crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, a western city in India, and exploded into flames.

The plane was headed for London’s Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom with 242 people on board, and only one survived the crash.

As reported by the Indian Express, the 21-year-old air hostess called her family a few hours before the fatal crash.

Air India crash: Air hostess' words released

The air hostess’ father, Nandesh Kumar Sharma, stated that his daughter had called her elder sister around 11.30 am to inform her about her flight to London on that day.

Her father said:

“She said she would not be able to call for the next few days and that she would get in touch after she returned on June 15. That ended up being her last call to us.”

Barely three hours after the call, the man’s elder daughter called him after seeing news reports of the tragic crash.

Nandesh said the air hostess was his second daughter and started working as an air hostess in 2023, when she was 19.

He said:

“She had just given her first semester exam in DM College in Imphal. Some of her friends had been taking training to become air hostesses. When they went for the interview, they called her along. She went and ended up getting selected. She was very young, but I was happy that she had got a job in a good company. I thought that when she was older, she could try and find some stable work in Manipur.”

The young lady's father also revealed that the last time she visited home was in March this year, when he was undergoing treatment.

He said:

She stayed for just a few days. She always visited us like that. She would surprise us when she got a few days off work. She would plan the visit with her elder sister and call out to us when she reached the front gate. She looked after us all very well."

Indian man mourns sister

A man, Naushad Naush, in a Facebook post mourned his sister, Ranjitha, who was among the victims of the India Air crash.

Naushad said that he would always remember Ranjitha, and she was not dead to him.

In his words:

"My sister Ranjitha, who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash, how beautifully you sang this song for all the sisters and brothers before her death. My dear, you are not dead. You will live on forever. This brother will always remember you. And I pray for you."

Survivor's brother speaks

The brother of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India crash, spoke about the conversation their dad had with him after he survived.

He said:

"Like two minutes later, he video-called my dad. As he crashed, he said, 'our plane is crashed. All of that. I don't know where my brother is, I don't see any other passengers. I don't know how I'm alive, how I exited the plane."

Meanwhile, the owners of Air India mentioned the amount they would pay to the families of the victims of the tragic plane crash.

Grief may trigger depression - Expert

A mental health specialist, Duke Ezikpe Mma, who spoke on the hostess' death, explained how the family may respond psychologically to the loss.

Using one of Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief, he said:

“As the full weight of the loss settles in, intense sadness, hopelessness, fatigue, and a loss of interest in activities can occur. This is often a period of deep sorrow and withdrawal. At the stage of depression, the individual will most often than not experience loneliness.”

Teenage boy killed by Air India crash

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a teenage boy, Akash Patni, who was resting near his family's tea stall, was tragically among those killed in the crash that shook Ahmedabad in India.

When the crash happened, the boy’s mother, Sita, who was unaware that her son was sleeping nearby, managed to run.

Akash’s mother, Sita, survived with injuries and is in the ICU, unaware that her son died just metres away.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding the story of a man who mourned his sister who was mong the air crash victims and Vishwash's words to his brother.

Editorial assistant Ololade Olatimehin provided exclusive commentary from a mental health expert for this report.

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng