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Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
A flight full of stories: Love, farewells, and fateful escapes on doomed AI-171
Air India Flight AI-171 crashed near Ahmedabad, shattering dreams of passengers ranging from a newly engaged couple returning from the UK to a family relocating to London AHMEDABAD: They boarded Air India Flight AI-171 with dreams, plans, and goodbyes, some returning home, others setting off to build a new life. By the afternoon, those dreams lay in wreckage near a residential colony in Ahmedabad. From a couple who had just gotten engaged during a brief return from the UK, to a family relocating to London for a new chapter, and a pair of spiritual healers bidding a joyful farewell to India, the flight was filled with stories, now etched in tragedy. Some escaped by fate, changing plans at the last minute. Others, hours before the crash, flew safely on the very same aircraft. 'Goodbye, India' The British couple A British couple — Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek (39) and his husband Jamie Meek (45) — working as spiritual healers uploaded an Instagram video, which would turn out to be their last, from Ahmedabad airport saying how happy and calm India had left them. They had been travelling in the country and posted videos of their holiday. 'We are going back happily happily happily calm,' Fiongal said. Doctor couple's shift to London ends tragically Doctor couple The dream of a welcome transition to life in London for Dr Prateek Joshi, his wife, Dr Komi Vyas, and their children — daughter Miraya and sons Pradyut & Nakul — came to a tragic end. Dr Vyas, a doctor at Pacific Medical College & Hospital in Udaipur, had recently resigned to join her husband in London along with the kids Last-minute change of plan saved bizman Jayesh Thakkar, a Vadodarabased businessman and organiser of the city's 'Maa Shakti' Navratri garba, was originally scheduled to be on the flight but an unexpected delay forced a change. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo 'I got delayed in Kolkata due to work and realised I wouldn't make it to Ahmedabad in time for the flight. That's when I decided to change my itinerary,' Thakkar said. University president flew on same plane on Wednesday Dr Devanshu Patel, president of Vadodara-based Parul University, says he's incredibly fortunate after flying on the same aircraft twice in the past 4 days. Patel took the Gatwick-Ahmedabad flight Wednesday, just hours before the same aircraft crashed on its next journey. Couple took 10-day leave from UK to get engaged - Vibhuti Patel and Hardik Avaiya had come from UK on a 10-day break to celebrate their engagement. Patel had moved to UK to pursue her master's at Leicester College. There she met Avaiya and both fell in love. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Two British spiritual healers uploaded Instagram video from gate saying how happy India had left them before boarding doomed flight
Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek (39) a tarot reader, psychic artiste and spiritual adviser and founder of Wellness Foundry, and his husband Jamie Meek (Picture credit: Instagram/@wellnessfoundry) LONDON: A gay British couple working as spiritual healers who uploaded an Instagram video from Ahmedabad airport saying how happy and calm India had left them just before boarding the doomed Air India flight AI171 are among the victims of the tragedy. Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek (39) a tarot reader, psychic artiste and spiritual adviser and founder of Wellness Foundry, and his husband Jamie Meek (45), a spiritual practitioner and yoga teacher, director of events at the foundry, based in Vauxhall, London, had been travelling in India before the crash and posted videos of their holiday on social media. The passenger list shows that both boarded the plane. They put a jovial video up on Instagram shortly before boarding from the gate at Ahmedabad airport. In it Fiongal said, 'We are going back happily, happily, happily calm' and that his biggest takeaway was 'Don't lose patience with your partner' after Jamie joked Fiongal had 'already snapped at him' having chai at the airport. In another Instagram video post they had posted from their boutique hotel, the House of MG, in Ahmedabad, Fiongal said: 'It's our last night in India and we've had a magical experience really and some mind-blowing things have happened.' 'We really have been on quite a journey, and then just spending the last night here in this amazing hotel, and we have just had the most delicious Thali food. It was a perfect way to round up the trip. Excited to share it all with you,' Jamie said. The Wellness Foundry was founded by Fiongal in late 2018, born out of a spiritual awakening that was sparked by a mysterious illness he had. On its website, Fiongal said that seeking healing beyond conventional methods, he had delved into alternative practices that resonated with his soul. It began as a one-man endeavour and until now has 12 expert practitioners, offering tarot and psychic readings, past life regression and reiki healings, as well as psychic retreats.
Metro
2 days ago
- Metro
British couple feared to have been on Air India flight named and pictured
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A British couple are feared to be among the victims onboard the Air India flight AI171. Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and Jamie Meek, based in London, had been travelling in India before the crash and posted videos of their holiday on social media. In a video posted on the official Wellness Foundry Instagram, the couple were seen waiting at an airport gate. 'We are at the airport, just boarding. Goodbye India,' Fiongal said. Follow Metro's blog for live coverage and latest updates from the Air India crash '10 hour flight back to England!' Jamie added. The couple laughed and joked around in the clip, uploaded shortly before the plane took off. 'My biggest takeaway is to not lose your patience with your partner. We're going back happily, happily, happily calm,' Fiongal said. The pair both work at the Wellness Foundry, a spiritual centre to guide people on their journey. They previously have appeared on This Morning to promote their brand. A total of 53 British nationals were onboard the flight when it crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad, western India. It was due to land at London Gatwick this evening at around 6.30pm. Pilots issued a mayday call moments before the crash. Photos showed black smoke and a fire near the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner's crash site near Ahmedabad's airport, the largest city in the region of Gujarat. The cause of the crash won't be known until the black boxes, which hold key information and navigation data from the plane, are recovered. The flight crashed in a crowded urban area, directly into accommodation for medical interns at the BJ Medical College. 50 to 60 of those interns are feared dead. Air India also said 169 passengers are Indian nationals, 53 are British, one is Canadian, and seven are Portuguese. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the crash was 'devastating', while his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, said it was 'heartbreaking beyond words'. More Trending The King is being updated on the incident, Buckingham Palace said. It is the first crash involving a Boeing 787 aircraft, according to the Aviation Safety Network database. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 posted: 'We are following reports of a crash of Air India flight £AI171 from Ahmedabad to London. We received the last signal from the aircraft at 08:08:51 UTC (shortly before 9.09am BST), just seconds after take off. 'The aircraft involved is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with registration VT-ANB.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Boeing plane safety: Should you be worried about flying on its aircraft? MORE: Everything we know about the Ahmedabad to London Air India AI171 plane crash MORE: Three teenage girls admit killing 75-year-old man in the street
