The pandal closely resembles the devastating Ahmedabad plane crash of June 12, in which an Air India flight crashed into a medical college hospital moments after lift-off, killing 265 people

The pandal closely resembles the devastating Ahmedabad plane crash of June 12, in which an Air India flight crashed into a medical college hospital moments after lift-off, killing 265 people

The pandal closely resembles the devastating Ahmedabad plane crash of June 12, in which an Air India flight crashed into a medical college hospital moments after lift-off, killing 265 people

A video showing the Durga Puja (Pujo) pandal modelled after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad recently went viral, sparking backlash from netizens.

In the video, the rear-half an aircraft can be seen lodged into what looks like a building, lit brightly in orange.

The pandal closely resembles the devastating Ahmedabad plane crash of June 12, in which an Air India flight—a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane—crashed into a medical college hospital moments after lift-off, killing 265 people (241 people onboard the flight and 24 people on the ground).

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Though the video's caption mentions that the video was taken from Chakpur village in West Bengal's Hooghly district, THE WEEK could not independently verify the video.

(This is a developing story.)

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