AIR CRASHHomi Bhabha: The pioneering nuclear physicist died in a crash aboard Air India Flight 101 on January 24, 1966. Madhavrao Scindia: The senior Congress leader and former civil aviation minister died on September 30, 2001, in a plane crash en route to a political rally in Kanpur. KS Sowmya: The south Indian actress who was popular as Soundarya died in an air crash on April 17, 2004. Vijay Rupani: The former Gujarat chief minister died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, that also killed close to 250 people. Sahib Singh Verma: The former Delhi chief minister died in a road accident in Rajasthan on June 30, 2007.

Source: The Telegraph January 29, 2026 06:12 UTC