So Much Losswoke Alexandria Fuge walked through the remains of a neighbor’s home in Harrison as she searched through rubble for survivors in the wake of the tornado.

Witnesses detailed the horrific seconds in the plane’s decline. It was like a very big roar, then we saw the fire, and then we have some pieces of debris falling down,” Mukesh, a local driver, said.

At least eight people on the ground were killed. Rescue workers were tasked with the grim process of identifying bodies, with many saying that the plane and human remains were indistinguishable.

The crash left a thick, pungent smell hanging over the area.

Thick smoke billowed from the rubble late into the night. Many of the families have congregated outside the Civil Hospital, anxiously awaiting news. Irfan was an Air India crew member and his parents, Sameer Shaikh and his wife, are grieving in Dombivli.



He had texted them the message before takeoff, but hours later, the relatives received a call with the news that he was dead. The police told them to come back in three days for the DNA results.

Searches at the Scene of the Crash Are Ongoing
At BJ Medical College, where the plane lodged itself into a hostel building, families are still searching anxiously for loved ones.

Payal Thakur is searching for her mother Leo, who was preparing food in the ki.