GUWAHATI: Two female cabin crew members from Manipur were onboard the ill-fated Air India flight that crashed in Gujarat on Thursday.
The two were identified as Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam, a 22-year-old Meitei woman hailing from Thoubal district in the Imphal Valley, and Lamnunthem Singson, a 28-year-old Kuki woman from Kangpokpi district. The fate of both was not known.
When news broke about the plane crash, relatives and neighbours gathered at the residence of Kongbrailatpam even as the family members were waiting for information about her. She last spoke to her family at 9 am on Thursday.
Not much could be known about Lamnunthem except that her family was displaced by the ethnic conflict and is now living in the Kuki-majority Kangpokpi district.
Former Manipur CM N Biren Singh has posted the following on X.
It is heartbreaking to share that two young cabin crew members from Manipur, Kongrabailatpam Nganthoi Sharma and Lamnunthem Singson, were among those who lost their lives in today’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Both were full of life, serving with dedication and pride. Their sudden passing is a huge loss for their families, friends, and for all of us back home. May their souls rest in peace and may their loved ones find the strength to get through this unimaginable pain.
