section_path: Death
section_name: Death
paragraph_text: Death
  
  On 12 June 2025, Rupani boarded Air India Flight 171, which was bound for Gatwick Airport in London. According to a close relative, he was travelling to London to visit his daughter and to accompany his wife on the return journey. Shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, the aircraft crashed into the hostel block of B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, he died along with all but one of the 242 passengers and crew, as well as at-least 38 individuals on the ground. Rupani’s body was confirmed through DNA identification. He was the second chief minister of Gujarat to die in a plane crash, following Balwantrai Mehta.
  
  On 12 June 2025, Rupani boarded Air India Flight 171, which was bound for Gatwick Airport in London. According to a close relative, he was travelling to London to visit his daughter and to accompany his wife on the return journey. Shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, the aircraft crashed into the hostel block of B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, he died along with all but one of the 242 passengers and crew, as well as at-least 38 individuals on the ground. Rupani’s body was confirmed through DNA identification. He was the second chief minister of Gujarat to die in a plane crash, following Balwantrai Mehta.