'Not cousin': Vikrant Massey clarifies his relation with co-pilot who died in Ahmedabad plane crash
PTC News Desk: Actor Vikrant Massey has clarified the reports about Air India crash that refuting the reports of losing his cousin in the tragedy. In an Instagram post, he stated that the victim, and the flight's co-pilot, Clive Kunder, was a family friend and not a relative.
His post read, "Dear friends in the media and elsewhere, the unfortunately diseased Mr Clive Kunder was not my cousin. The Kunders are our family friends. Request no more speculations and let the family and loved ones grieve in peace (sic)."
Earlier on June 12, Massey shared an emotional post mourning the death of Kunder. "My heart breaks for the families and loved ones of those 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 (sic)," he wrote.
The pilot, Captain Sabharwal, issued a "Mayday" call to Air Traffic Control shortly before the plane lost contact, said DGCA. A "Mayday" call is a distress signal used primarily in aviation and maritime communication to indicate a life-threatening emergency.
The aircraft crashed into a Doctor's hostel in Meghaninagar ruminating into a fireball and leaving behind a train of destruction and heartbreak.
- With inputs from agencies