Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Clive
Kunder/Instagram
Vikrant
Massey
lost
his
family
friend,
Clive
Kunder,
in
the
tragic
Air
India
plane
crash
on
June
12.
In
an
Instagram
post,
Vikrant
offered
condolences
to
the
victims
and
their
families,
revealing
Clive
was
the
first
officer
on
the
AI
171
flight,
which
crashed
minutes
after
takeoff
from
the
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
international
airport.
‘My
heart
breaks
for
the
families
&
loved
ones
of
the
ones
who
lost
their
lives
in
the
unimaginably
tragic
air
crash
in
Ahmedabad
today,’
he
posted.
‘It
pains
even
more
to
know
that
my
uncle,
Clifford
Kunder,
lost
his
son,
Clive
Kunder,
who
was
the
1st
officer
operating
on
that
fateful
flight.
May
God
give
strength
to
you
and
your
family,
uncle,
and
to
all
deeply
affected,’
he
expressed
grief.
He
clarified
in
another
post:
‘The
unfortunately
deceased
Mr
Clive
Kundra
was
not
my
cousin.
The
Kunders
are
our
family
friends.’
First
Officer
Clive
Kunder,
a
young
pilot
with
Mangaluru
roots,
was
a
resident
of
Mumbai.
He
had
1,100
hours
of
flying
experience.
The
aircraft
was
under
the
command
of
Captain
Sumeet
Sabharwal,
who
had
8,200
hours
of
flying
experience.
