Indore woman on way to London for hubby's b'day among dead
Indore: Among the passengers on board the ill -fated Air India Dreamliner aircraft AI-171 operating between Ahmedabad and Gatwick that crashed minutes after take-off killing 265 passengers, was Harpreet Kaur Hora, a 30-year-old woman IT professional from Indore.
Harpreet who lives in Indore's Raj Mohalla was travelling from her parental home in Ahmedabad to London to celebrate her husband Robby Hora's birthday. She was seated on seat 14A in the aircraft.
Harpreet's husband, Robby, works as a cloud architect in an IT company in London. Robby's uncle, Rajendra Singh Hora, told TOI that Robby, on learning about his wife's death in the plane crash, reached Indore from London via Delhi.
"Robby will travel to Ahmedabad on Saturday morning with other family members."
Harpreet's parental family home is in Ahmedabad. She visited her father before embarking on her journey to London. Her flight was initially booked for June 19, but she changed it to Thursday to be with her husband for his birthday on June 16. Her name was listed as 65th on the passenger manifest.
According to Robby's uncle, Harpreet last visited Indore in December with her husband.
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She worked for an IT company in Bengaluru.
Rajendra shared that all was well until Thursday afternoon and family members wished Harpreet well for her journey on their family WhatsApp group. He described her as the family's youngest daughter-in-law, having married into the Hora family in 2020. The couple had no children. Harpreet lived with her husband in London for about 15 months before returning to India for work. She chose to fly via Ahmedabad to visit her parents before heading to London.
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