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Several dreams were turned to ashes with the crash of Air India 171 on Thursday afternoon. One such story came to fore about the flight attendant Roshni Songhare.
Roshni Songhare, the flight attendant on Air India 171 plane (Photo: Instagram/ Roshni Songhare)
The Air India 171 plane’s crash in Ahmedabad turned several dreams and stories to ashes as the aircraft fell from the sky shortly after taking off for London on Thursday afternoon. All on board, except a British national, died in the fatal crash, which shook the entire country and the world.
One such story has now come to the fore about one of the flight attendants on the ill-fated flight – Roshni Songhare.
Hailing from Rajaji Path in Dombivli town of Maharashtra’s Thane district, she was about to add a new chapter in her life with her wedding next year. She was about to tie the knot with a merchant navy officer in March 2026. Preparations for the same had already begun in her family, which has now been left with silence and memories.
Roshni, 26, had left her home just three days before the flight, excited for an international trip as a flight attendant, as usual, but this time from Ahmedabad to London. With the news of the crash, her 50-year-old father Rajendra, mother Shobha, and younger brother Vignesh were left completely shattered.
“She was the heartbeat of this home. We were getting her engaged in November and married in March. Time played cruelly with her,” a close relative told reporters.
The Songhare family was a native of Mandangad in coastal Ratnagiri district; however, had moved to Mumbai for work and then shifted to Dombivli two years ago.
Roshni’s father had worked tirelessly to educate both his children. She pursued and completed a flight attendant course.
She began her career with SpiceJet and later switched to Air India, where she opted for international assignments, her family members said.
“She was so happy to be flying again. We were all looking forward to her wedding. Everything was going right,” said her uncle Praveen Sukhdere.
As soon as news of the plane crash broke, Roshni’s family tried to contact her. When they couldn’t reach her, panic set in. Her father and brother rushed to Ahmedabad, clinging to hope.
Roshni’s fiancé, an officer in the merchant navy from Guhagar taluka and currently based in Thane, had met her through a family connection.
“She was finally getting everything she had worked so hard for,” a neighbour said.
Besides being a flight attendant, she was also a social media influencer with over 54,000 Instagram followers.
Her account is now filled with messages of condolences. “You flew high, Roshni. You just flew a little too far,” a message read.
(With PTI inputs)
Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. You can follow him on Twitter: @MallickAshes…Read More
Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. You can follow him on Twitter: @MallickAshes… Read More
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