With no direct flight tickets available from Mumbai for their return journey to London, the family opted for a flight from Ahmedabad. That detour, however, proved fatal. Air India flight AI 171 they had boarded crashed shortly after takeoff two days ago, killing Javed, Mariam, and their two children, two of the youngest victims of the tragedy.

King Charles III and other members of the royal family will wear black armbands and there will be a moment of silence during his annual birthday parade Saturday as the monarch commemorates those who died in this week’s Air India plane crash.

A UK-based father of two tragically died in the Air India Flight crash that killed 241 passengers. He left behind two little daughters who are now orphans.

Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat,

The death toll in the Air India crash has risen to at 270 after recovery teams found at least 25 more bodies in the debris.

An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.