#air-india-crash

#air-india-crash

According to a preliminary report, published by the AAIB in July, switches in the cockpit that controlled fuel were moved to a "cut off" position. It added that, in an audio recording from the cockpit, one of the pilots is then heard asking the other why he "cut off" the switches. The other pilot responds that he did not do so.

Amanda Donaghey's heartache over receiving the wrong remains returned to her in her son's coffin illustrates the profound distress of families affected by the Air India crash.

The mother of a victim of the Air India crash expressed her heartbreak over being sent the wrong remains for burial, stating, 'We don't know what poor person is in that casket.'

Grieving British families of the Air India crash victims have received the wrong bodies to bury in a bungled repatriation scheme. A lawyer acting for the bereaved said that the remains of several victims had been wrongly identified, with one family forced to abandon funeral plans after allegedly being told the coffin contained a different, unidentified body.

"The couple were in Ahmedabad to celebrate their own baby shower. It was on the 5 June. She was seven months pregnant. They were very happy."

Vaibhav Patel, 29, and his wife Jinal Goswami, 27, tragically lost their lives in the Air India crash while traveling for their baby shower.

Mr Patoliya, 37, worked at furniture manufacturer Inspired Elements Ltd, based in Stanmore. He was killed 18 days after his wife Bharti had died from cancer.

The Mayor of Harrow, Anjana Patel, expressed sorrow over the loss of two young girls who lost their father in the crash, stating, "The saddest incident we have got here in Harrow is one parent had already died here because of cancer... He has left two little girls behind and the girls are now orphans."

The thought of never hearing your voices again feels unreal. We are the end of your legacy, the branches of the tree you nurtured.

"I have had this sense of panic and sadness all day that I haven't been able to shift, and being able to come here and gather collectively in some way, it's important."

In a post on Instagram on Wednesday night, he recalled the "magical experience" that he shared with his partner, Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, and rued that it was their "last night in India."