Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, tragically lost his life in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. His cremation will occur in Rajkot with full state honors. The London-bound flight crashed shortly after takeoff,

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was seated in emergency row 11A when he escaped through the nearby emergency exit, according to The New York Times. Ramesh was seen stumbling to an ambulance near the crash site and telling the crowd that he came "from inside" the plane.