Tom O’Brien, a longtime staffer there, said Khuranas had been fixtures at the school for more than a decade — among Kiran, her older sister, and three cousins, at least one member of the family has walked the school’s halls since 2008.
Jasvir Khurana (left), a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Temple’s Katz School of Medicine, and his wife, Divya Khurana, a pediatric neurologist at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, were killed in a plane crash on Aug. 8.
"They were just wonderful, lovely, sweet neighbours," said Faith Stander, who lives a few doors down from the Khuranas.Adam Gerhardt, an air safety investigator for the NTSB, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the investigation would last several days. “He made a major contribution to a generation of students and residents.
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The lack of eyewitnesses to the crash — neighbors only heard the sound of the descending plane — may complicate the investigation. The couple’s older daughter, Saranya, was not aboard, authorities said.
According to NTSB records, the F33A has been involved in seven fatal accidents over the last decade.Jasvir Khurana (left), a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Temple’s Katz School of Medicine, and his wife, Divya Khurana, a pediatric neurologist at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, were killed in a plane crash on Aug. 8.
Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of NEWS18.com does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them. The Khuranas died instantly. At least 17 people are dead - including both pilots - after an Air India Express plane flying from Dubai to Calicut with 191 passengers onboard skidded on runway and crashed into a valley.
Its powerful engine permits it to take off from smaller airfields, climb rapidly, and cruise at 200 mph.
The Bonanza is among the most popular single-engine planes in the United States. It was earlier than the Khuranas had expected to depart, but with a forecast of thunderstorms, the family left their home in Lower Merion as the sun rose and few clouds were in the sky. The family lived in Lower Merion. The plane crashed in the backyard of a suburban Philadelphia home on Thursday early morning.
Khurana; his wife, Divya, 54, also a professor; and their 19-year-old daughter, Kiran, were killed. Those who knew the Khuranas continued to grieve Friday.
Dr. Jasvir "Jesse" Khurana, 60, was piloting the plane. In several of those cases, the NTSB was unable to determine precisely what caused the crash. (
The victims were identified as Dr. Jasvir "Jesse" Khurana…
Over the years, according to the report, he logged 985 hours of flight, with 396 spent in the plane in which he died. Khurana has been a valued faculty member in the Department of Pathology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University since 2002.
That’s really what all of us are in this business for,” Kaiser said Friday as dozens of Temple medical students and their families buzzed around him following a white-coat ceremony for 195 students at the university’s performing arts center.
It was not immediately known, for instance, whether the plane went straight in on its final descent or was in a glide. Kozhikode plane crash: Pilot-in-command Deepak Sathe was an experienced Boeing 737-800 aircraft pilot, says Air India Express. Khurana was a faculty member in the Department of Pathology at Temple University where he studied bone pathology."Dr. "A multi-agency investigation is ongoing, and the Coroner is charged with positively identifying the victims, ensure the legal next of kin have been notified of the deaths, and determine cause and manner of death through examination and forensic testing," the statement said.The couple's eldest daughter was not on the airplane on Thursday, the family was taking the flight out to California to visit her, US media reported.The husband-and-wife physician-researchers, both trained at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), moved to the US more than two decades ago.The National Transportation Security Board (NTSB) said the plane left Northeast Philadelphia Airport shortly after 6 am and was heading to The Ohio State University Airport in Columbus.The flight lasted for about three minutes before the aircraft went down.
Divya Khurana, 54, a professor at Drexel, was among the victims in Thursday's plane crash.