Our parents, Lakshmi Tummala and Venkata Veera Nageswara Rao Tummala, were traveling from Chicago to Delhi on July 21st, 2025, on Air India flight AI 126. During the flight, our mother suddenly fell ill. Despite medical care from onboard doctors and emergency landing in Istanbul, she was admitted to a local hospital in critical condition. After weeks of treatment, she sadly passed away on August 24th.

We are devastated and facing overwhelming challenges in a foreign country. We now need urgent support to bring our mother’s body back to India and to cover the heavy medical and hospital expenses.

Any help you can provide means the world to us during this painful time.