Srinagar, June 12 -- Jammu and Kashmir's People's Democratic Party chief, Mehbooba Mufti expressed sorrow and demanded a proper investigation into Thursday's plane crash which took place near Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport.

"I want to express my sorrow over the incident in Ahmedabad, I hope the government will conduct a proper investigation and whoever is responsible for this, hope the responsibility will be fixed," Mufti told reporters here.

The Air India flight AI 171, carrying 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian and seven Portuguese crashed near the Ahmedabad airport earlier today.

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