Patna, June 12 -- BJP Rajya Sabha MP Manan Kumar Mishra, on Thursday, emphasised that the government will investigate the reasons behind the crash incident of Air India Flight in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.

Speaking to ANI, Mishra termed the incident "very sad."

"Be it a foreigner or a local, a traveller is a traveller, and everyone's life is precious. This is a very sad incident. The government will investigate, and it is also making efforts to rescue. NDRF and other government units reached the spot immediately for the rescue," he said.

The Air India plane from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers crashed in the Meghaninagar area near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu arrived at th...