For over three decades, Rajput and his neighbours lived close to the airport without giving much thought to the aircraft overhead.
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Moneycontrol14-12-2025, 15:10

AI-171 Crash: Meghaninagar Lives with Ruins, Still Looks Up in Fear

  • Six months after the AI-171 plane crash, Ahmedabad's B J Medical College hostel complex remains in ruins.
  • The Atulyam-4 hostel building and adjoining canteen complex are abandoned, with entry strictly prohibited.
  • Local residents in Meghaninagar are still traumatized, instinctively looking up when aircraft pass overhead.
  • The aircraft struck a tree before crashing into the hostel, turning a lively student neighborhood into ruin.
  • The state government has yet to decide what to do with the damaged site.

Why It Matters: AI-171 crash trauma still haunts Meghaninagar residents, making them fear planes.

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