IMAGE: The Australian and South African players observe a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, at Lord's on Friday. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters
A minute's silence was observed at Lord's to pay tribute to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, ahead of start of play on Day 3 of the World Test Championship Final between Australia and South Africa on Friday.
Only one person survived the horrific accident on Thursday afternoon when London-bound Air India flight AI-171, carrying 242
passengers including crew members, crashed moments after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Patel International Airport.
The passengers included 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian national.
The players and the umpires at Lord's also wore black armbands in memory of the Ahmedabad airplane crash victims.
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