Interim Prime Minister Catalin Predoiu sent a message of condolences on Thursday to the Indian Government following the tragic plane crash at an airport in Gujarat.

„The Romanian government sends its deepest condolences to the Indian government and expresses its solidarity with all those affected by the tragic plane crash. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families,” Predoiu wrote in a message posted on the government’s website.

An Air India plane with at least 242 passengers on board crashed on Thursday shortly after takeoff at an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, several local media outlets reported.

AGERPRES