Vikrant Massey's cousin Clive Kunder and Air India flight co-pilot, dies in crash

Actor Vikrant Massey on Thursday mourned the death of his cousin Clive Kunder, the co-pilot of the Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, killing over 260 people.

In an emotional Instagram story, Massey wrote, “My heart breaks for the families and loved ones of the ones who lost their lives in the unimaginably tragic air crash in Ahmedabad today. It pains even more to know that my uncle, Clifford Kunder lost his son, Clive Kunder, who was the first officer operation on that fateful flight."

"May God give strength to you and your family uncle, and to all deeply affected,” he



said.

Clive Kunder was the First Officer on board flight AI171, which was en route to London’s Gatwick Airport. He had logged over 1,100 hours of flying experience and was part of a seasoned cockpit crew that included Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a Line Training Captain with 8,200 flying hours.

The crash, one of the worst aviation disasters globally, claimed at least 265 lives. The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed just moments after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.39 pm. It plummeted into a government hospital hostel in the Meghaninagar area, igniting into a fireball and leaving behind a field of wreckage and devastation.