On Thursday 12 June 2025, a plane crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, western India. There were 242 people on board the aircraft.
A message from The Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun:
Please join all those praying for the victims and their families – many in London – as well as the chaplaincy team at Gatwick Airport supporting relatives following the Air India flight crash soon after take-off from Ahmedabad city airport in Gujarat, with only one passenger surviving.
A prayer from The Church of England:
Gracious God,
surround us and all who mourn this day
with your continuing compassion.
Do not let grief overwhelm your children
or turn them against you.
When grief seems never-ending,
take them one step at a time
along your road of death and resurrection
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
