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From the BBC 6/14/25:
Who are the victims of the Air India plane crash?
All but one of those on board an Air India flight bound for London Gatwick Airport that crashed shortly after take-off in western India on Thursday have died, the airline has confirmed.
There were 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian.
At least eight local people, including four medical students, living in a residential area of Ahmedabad where the plane came down have also died, a senior health official told the BBC.
One passenger, British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh, survived the crash and was treated in hospital for injuries.
Details are still emerging, but these are the people so far confirmed by the BBC to have died.
Hardik Avaiya and Vibhooti Patel
SuppliedA couple who went to India to celebrate their engagement have been named among the victims.
Hardik Avaiya and his fiancee Vibhooti Patel were among those being remembered at a service in Leicester on Saturday.
Dhaval Patel, who worked with Mr Avaiya, said: "We were on our way to pick him up when I got a call to say a plane to Gatwick had crashed in Ahmedabad.
"So we immediately checked the ticket and matched the flight number and we just cried."
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Dhir and Heer Baxi
Sisters Dhir and Heer Baxi, both in their early 20s, were returning home to London on the flight, having visited India to surprise their grandmother for her birthday.
Their cousin Ishan Baxi, who lives in Ahmedabad, told PA news agency the siblings had an "amazing aura" and had ambitions to "roam around the world".
Heer worked as a product manager and "loved statistics and finance", while Dhir was a fashion designer who had studied at Parsons Paris art and design school, Mr Baxi said.
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Kalyani and Gaurav Brahmbhatt
Husband and wife Kalyani and Gaurav Brahmbhatt were onboard the Air India flight, their close friend Trupti Telrandhe told the BBC.
She said Gaurav and her husband Amul worked together for five years in a company in Burton-upon-Trent in the UK.
"This was the time we all met together and started our family journey in 2009," she said.
"They were very close friends," the pharmacist from Derby said. "They never used to tell us that they're going to visit us. It was always a surprise visit."
She described them as "extremely hard-working and very friendly" adding they were "fun-loving" and "always motivated us to have big dreams".
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The Girish family
A family of four, from north-west London, have also been identified.
Hemaxi Shantilal and her husband Girish Lagli, from Wembley, were on board the London-bound flight with their young children Aadiv and Taksvi Girish.
It is believed the family were sat in row 30 of the aircraft with Taksvi sitting on an adult's lap.
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Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek
Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, a married British couple, ran a spiritual wellness centre in London.
They posted on Instagram earlier on Thursday saying they were about to board the flight from Ahmedabad airport.
In the video, they were seen laughing and joking with each other about their trip to India.
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The Joshi family
Prateek Joshi, who worked at the Royal Derby Hospital since 2021, is believed to have been travelling back from India, where his wife Komi Vyas and their three children - five-year-old twin boys Nakul and Pradyut and eight-year-old daughter Miraya, eight - were based.
A colleague who worked closely with Dr Joshi described him as a "wonderful man" and said his passing had "left a profound void".
"Prateek was full of joy," Dr Rajeev Singh, clinical director for imaging at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB), said. "He approached everything with a smile, radiated positivity and had a great sense of humour.
"He touched the lives of so many people, both through his clinical work and as a colleague and friend to many."
Dr Singh added it was "hard to accept" that a man with such a passion for life and his beautiful young family had been taken in this way.
The Derby Hindu Temple paid tribute to the family on its Facebook page saying: "Dr Joshi [and his family] were devotees of our Mandir and supported us through their sincere service and dedication.
"We pray to Lord Shiva to grant eternal peace to the departed souls and to give strength to the bereaved family to bear this immense loss."
Neil Ryan, who lived next door to them for two years, also described them as "the nicest family".
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Mohammed Adnan Master
Mohammed Adnan Master had a wife and 11-month-old baby, according to the mosque where he worshipped.
The Cann Hall Deen & Education Trust, east London, posted on social media: "Our sincerest condolences are extended to his wife and 11-month-old baby."
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Raxa Modha and her two-year-old grandson, Rudra Modha
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