India, June 14 -- Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu, addressing the first press conference since Thursday's Air India crash in Ahmedabad, empathised with the victim families and recalled how he lost his father to a road accident.

Air India's Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner flight, crashed into BJ Medical College's doctors' hostel in the Meghani Nagar area in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on June 12. Follow Ahmedabad plane crash live updates

The crash claimed the lives of 241 on board the flight, leaving a lone survivor. On ground, 29 people lost their lives to this tragic accident.

Naidu observed a minute's silence at the beginning of the press conference and noted how difficult it has been for everyone in the last two days.

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