Saudi Gazette report

JEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman has sent a cable to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, offering condolences over the tragic passenger plane crash.

The Crown Prince expressed his deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the prime minister, as well as to the families of the victims and people of India, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.

The London-bound Air India plane struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff on Thursday, June 12, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. One passenger survived with injuries in the mishap.