McFly star deletes insensitive post after India plane crash with urgent apology
Tom Fletcher - one quarter of McFly - has issued an apology after he made an insensitive post about planes on his social media account following the devastating Air India crash
McFly star Tom Fletcher has issued an apology following a post he made about planes in the wake of the Air India crash. Hundreds of people lost their lives in a tragic plane crash moments after it took off in Ahmedabad.
The plane had been bound to London Gatwick and was carrying 242 passengers when it crashed into the city just moments after leaving Ahmedabad Airport. Miraculously, one man survived the crash.
On the same day, Tom shared a post about planes to his Instagram story before later deleting it after reading the news. He wrote: "Sorry, I've only just seen the terrible news about the Air India crash."
In a post to apologise on Instagram, he added: "So awful. Had I known earlier, I obviously wouldn't have posted about my flight today. I understand why that much have looked insensitive and have deleted it. Thanks for letting me know. My whole heart goes out to everyone involved in the crash and all their friends & families."
Mark Wright came under fire for his own post about planes and legroom just hours after the crash. He had posted some content from his recent holiday, captioning it: "1 day babe, for now we'll take row 26 with no extra leg room."
However, the post was swiftly deleted and Mark issued an apology. He said: "I apologise for a post I just put up on my page after today's heartbreaking events.
"I have posts from a holiday that are on the scheduled setting, which go out on future days I have set them for which was done last week. It's a horrendous coincidence that today's post was on such a devastating day."
He added: "Once I logged in to my Instagram and realised the post had gone out, I immediately deleted. My heart goes out to everyone who has been effected from today. I'm sorry for this mistake and any offence caused."
Sadly, it has now been confirmed that eight people who weren't on the plane have died following the crash. Ahmedabad authorities told the BBC that four of them were medical students who had been living in one of the buildings where the plane crashed into whilst the other four were relatives of other students living in the hostel at the time.
Both the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the CEO of Air India have visited the crash site to pay tribute to the victims. Campbell Wilson, the CEO of Air India, said in a statement of his "deep sorrow" at the loss of life.
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