In a tragic turn of events, Air India flight AI171 - en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick - crashed on June 12, shortly after takeoff, marking one of the deadliest aviation disasters in Indian history.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

Ashok and Shobhana Patel, who had settled in the UK in 1978, lost their lives in the June 12 Flight AI-171 plane crash. After the husband’s body was identified through DNA analysis as match number 98,