47 m. ago 'Sweet and gentle' mother from London first British Air India crash victim released to family

A funeral was held for Elcina Alpesh Makwan on Sunday — just three days after the aviation disaster which killed 270 people

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65 m. ago First funeral of British Air India crash victim: Mourners gather to pay tribute to mother

Mother of two Elcina Alpesh Makwana (pictured), 42, was visiting India for dental work and was staying with her parents.

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69 m. ago Candlelit vigils held in London for Air India plane crash victims

Candlelit vigils held in London for Air India plane crash victims  BBC

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84 m. ago Vigil held outside Indian High Commission for victims of Air India crash

Around 150 mourners lit candles and gathered in prayer beneath the statue of India’s first prime minister.

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94 m. ago Seven people killed in Himalayan helicopter crash just days after Air India disaster

A two-year-old child was among those on board the aircraft travelling along a Hindu pilgrimage route

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2 h. ago Air India crash victim's tragic final words on call from doomed flight to UK

Ramesh Patel was one of 53 Brits on the Gatwick Airport-bound Air India flight when the aircraft crashed just moments after take-off in Ahmedabad.

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3 h. ago Mum killed in India crash was ‘reluctant to go’ and feared leaving her son

Abdhiben Patel, 40, died days after flying to to care for her ill mother – but friends say she was anxious to go and deeply attached to her child

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4 h. ago Air India pilot’s last words moments before aircraft crashed to the ground revealed

The Gatwick-bound flight crashed and killed 241 people on board shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad

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5 h. ago Air India crash victim's tragic five words on call from doomed flight to UK

Ramesh Patel was one of 53 Brits on the Gatwick Airport-bound Air India flight when the aircraft crashed just moments after take-off in Ahmedabad

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5 h. ago British 'miracle' sole survivor of Air India plane crash is reunited with his family as he mourns loss of brother

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, 40 is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, just a short distance from where the Gatwick bound flight crashed into buildings.

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6 h. ago Air India crash pilot's final words in Mayday call seconds before plane exploded

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad, India for London on Thursday before crashing into a medical facility just minutes later killing 270 in a massive fire ball

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7 h. ago Son of Air India crash victim says he missed her last call: ‘My worst nightmare’

The son of a British-Indian woman who died in the Air India plane crash has revealed he missed her last phone call, made just hours before she boarded the ill-fated flight.

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7 h. ago Candlelit vigil held in Harrow for Air India plane crash victims

Candlelit vigil held in Harrow for Air India plane crash victims  BBC

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8 h. ago Air India crash victims families demand return of loved ones' bodies now

Anger grows as relatives plead with authorities to return bodies of their loved ones after the flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick crashed in a fireball with 270 killed

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8 h. ago Families grieve as officials start handing remains of victims killed in Air India crash

Khushboo Rajpurohit, a 21-year-old newlywed, was among 241 passengers killed in Air India crash. Her family travelled over 500km to receive her mortal remains, Namita Singh reports

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8 h. ago Air India crash: Last photo of newlywed Brit with mum before doomed flight

Brit Lawrence Daniel Christian, 26, took a heartbreaking final photo with his mum outside the airport before he boarded the doomed Air India flight that took his life

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8 h. ago Authorities start handing remains of Air India crash victims over to relatives

Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests

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8 h. ago India suffers more heartache as at least seven killed in horror helicopter crash just days after Air India tragedy

India has suffered yet more heartache, after at least seven people were killed in a horrific helicopter crash today just a few days after the country suffered its worst plane crash this century. 

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8 h. ago Made In Chelsea's Alex Mytton pays tribute to close friends killed in tragic Air India plane crash

Made In Chelsea star Alex Mytton has paid tribute to two close friends he fears were killed in the tragic Air India plane crash. 

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9 h. ago ‘It’s all very raw’: Twenty victims of the Air India plane crash connected to the same London temple

Shri Rajrajeshwar Guruji International Siddhashram Shakti Centre said multiple worshippers had lost loved ones in the tragedy

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