Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan consoles the parents of Indian Air Force pilot Late Achudev who died in an air crash. The body was kept for public viewing at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: S MAHINSHAmore-inThe body of Flight Lieutenant S. Achudev, who died in the Sukhoi jet crash in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border area on May 23, will be taken to his hometown Kozhikode on Saturday. The body was brought to the capital on Friday morning by a special Air Force plane around 9.30 a.m. A crowd had gathered at the airport to receive the body. Sahadevan, Achudev’s father, is a retired scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation and lives in the city with his wife.

Source: The Hindu June 02, 2017 18:45 UTC