Worshippers at a Sikh temple in Dubai offered prayers on Friday for more than 240 people who were killed when an Air India plane crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India.
The Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara Dubai said the Air India Flight 171 crash was a “horrifying tragedy” and expressed grief over the loss of lives after the Gatwick-bound Boeing 787-Dreamliner crashed into a residential neighbourhood near an airport in Gujarat state on Thursday.
“This is not just an airline tragedy, it is a human tragedy that has pierced through the soul of our global family,” said Surendra Singh Kandhari, chairman of the gurudwara in Dubai, which is based in Jebel Ali.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.”
He prayed for strength for the families and eternal peace for the victims of the crash.
One person survived as the plane with 242 people on board flew low over a residential neighbourhood near the airport and crashed into a medical hostel before erupting in flames.
There were 169 passengers from India, 53 from Britain, seven from Portugal and one from Canada, two pilots and 10 cabin crew.
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has begun investigations to determine the cause of the crash and Boeing has said it will offer full support to the probe.
Some of Darwish's last words
"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008
His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.
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