Moodubelle, 22 May 2010: He was on his way on board Air India Express IX-812 from Dubai to Mangalore with great expectations and to attend the housewarming ceremony of his sister and the wedding of his brother, but Pravin shettigar could attend neither of these functions as the hand of fate snatched hi away from his family in the tragic air crash in the early morning of Saturday, 22 May 2010.
Pravin Shettigar, who was working in an office at Dubai was specially coming to attend the inauguration and housewarming of the new house of his sister Jayashree on Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 May and the marriage ceremony of his brother Bhaskar on Wednesday 26 may 2010. However, the terrible tragedy that struck the Air India Express snatched the life of this 26 years young man. He was the last among five children, 3 sons and and 2 daughters of Sundar and Rukmini Shettigar of Mattar.