DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 SEARCHFORCOCKPITVOICERECORDER is on, accident bureau team at spot Israel strikes Iran nuclear facilities, draws missile fire MODIINSPECTSCRASHSITE,CHAIRS review meeting with top officers The grief, the wait The day after, families line up for DNA tests to identify kin At crash site, flight data recorder found, likely to provide leads for probe PARIMAL DABHI SUKALP SHARMA & RITU SHARMA Tehran’s top Generals, scientists killed, Khamenei says won’t let Israel get away AHMEDABAD, JUNE 13 NEW DELHI, AHMEDABAD, JUNE 13 THE DAY after Air India’s London-bound AI 171 crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad, staff at the BJ Medical College, where the aircraft fell and broke into pieces, ushered a solemn group of people into a large hall on the ground floor of the main building and seated them on rows of benches where the students usually write their exams. This was a test of a different sort. These were family members and relatives of many of the 241 passengers and crew who had died in Thursday's crash — Relatives rememeber Irfan Shaikh, 22, as cool, composed. PUNE, JUNE 13 Family members of air crash victims at the DNA test centre in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Friday. Bhupendra Rana FULL COVERAGE, PAGES 8, 9, 13 & 15 AMONG THE 241 passengers who perished in Thursday’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad, including two pilots and 10 crew members, one was from Pimpri Chinchwad. Close relatives of Irfan Shaikh (22), a crew mem- PMNarendraModimeets ViswashkumarRamesh,the lonesurvivorof thecrash. ANI AHMEDABAD, JUNE 13 MANOJ MORE 108 ISRAELLAUNCHEDblisteringattacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure Friday,deployingwarplanesand dronespreviouslysmuggledinto the country to attack key facilitiesandkilltopGeneralsandscientists — a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon. Late at night, air raid sirens sounded across Israel as Iranian missiles, launched in retaliation, struck the country. The rumble of explosions could be heard throughoutJerusalemandIsraeli EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE ‘Irfan was ecstatic after getting the job’: Kin of crew from Maharashtra 80 DUBAI, JUNE 13 Difficult time, stay strong: PM to families at hospital CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 14/06/2025 76 BY UNNY ONEOFtheblackboxesof theAir India Boeing 787-8 aircraft has been recovered from the crash siteinAhmedabadbytheon-site team of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the investigation into the worst aviation disaster involving an Indian airline in decades. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 132 BUSINESS AS USUAL JON GAMBRELL, JOSEF FEDERMAN & JULIA FRANKEL ber, rushed to Ahmedabad and identifiedhisbodysoonafterthe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi reached Ahmedabad on Friday and met the relatives of those killed and the lone survivor in the Air India plane crash thedaybefore,andchaireda“review meeting” with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state and Central ministers, and senior officials. He also met the medical studentswhowereinjuredatthesite of crashinBJMedicalCollegeand currently undergoing treatment attheAhmedabadCivilHospital. Those he met during the day includedAnjaliben,wifeof Gujarat ex-CM Vijay Rupani who was among the 241 who died in the crash in Meghaninagar. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Tehran was among the many cities hit by Israel. PTI RELATED REPORTS PAGES 15 & 16 TV stations showed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv after an apparent missile strike. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Operation Rising Lion tests Khamenei, raises questions on regime C RAJA MOHAN NEW DELHI, JUNE 13 ISRAEL’S UNPRECEDENTED attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, including its scientists, negotiators, missile bases and military leadership, marks a dramaticescalationinthelong-simmering conflict between these twoswornenemiesintheMiddle East, with far-reaching implica- tions for regional stability. Theirresistibleforce,Israel,is finally locked in a long-expected showdown with the immovable object,theIslamic Republic of Iran. ● Unlike previous military exchanges, Israel insists that OperationRisingLionisnotaoneoff show of force. 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