At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived.

As news of the Ahmedabad crash came in, families of the victims of Flight 182 from 1985 immediately expressed shock, concern, sympathy and memories.

Air India Flight AI 171, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed into the hostel mess at BJ Medical College shortly after takeoff, resulting in 241 fatalities aboard and at least 38 on the ground. The entire city and the nation reel with grief,