- Air India flight AI-171 crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, with no survivors reported.
- The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying over 80-90 tonnes of aviation fuel for its journey to London.
- The crash occurred at 1:38 PM, with the aircraft descending rapidly after reaching a height of around 825 feet
A tearful goodbye and a last smiling selfie with her husband and three children - among those who died in the horrific crash of the Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad were a young bride, a doctor setting off to start a new life with her husband and three children in London. All that is left of them are some evocative pictures.
Over the last few days, Khushboo Rajpurohit - resident of a small village called Araba in Rajasthan's Balotra district -- bid her family a tearful farewell. She was on way to London to her husband.
In January, Khushboo had got married to Manfool Singh -- a student in London -- and she was about to meet him for the first time since the wedding.
Her last picture, with a relative, was clicked outside the airport - a winsome smile lighting up her face.
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Inside the flight a family took a selfie - Dr Komi Vyas, her husband Dr Prateek Joshi and their three children, twin boys and a girl.
A doctor at Udaipur's Pacific Hospital, Komi had recently quit her job to move to London and meant to set up home with her husband, so the family could be together. The happy faces, lit up with hopes of a new life, now frozen in time, is part of Komi's last social media post.
The toll has been high for Rajasthan -- 11 people from the state were on the flight. Among them were two men who were going to work as chefs in the UK and the son and daughter of a marble trader.
The chefs from a village called Rohidya were going to London to work for a few months at the house of an Ahmedabad-based businessman. Veerchand ran a catering business and often took cooks with him to work in homes in London. This time he took Prakash Menaria - both died in the crash.
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A businessman from Udaipur in the marble trade, Sanjiv Modi lost both his children -- Shagun and Shubh - who were reportedly going for a holiday to London.
Passenger number 112, Abhinav Parihar, was from Shree Dungagarh in Bikaner. His family lives in Ahmedabad and he is part of the family business. This morning, his father had dropped him at the airport.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal has expressed sorrow over the tragedy and cancelled his public engagements as a mark of respect.
The London-bound Air India AI-171 flight that crashed minutes after take-off in Ahmedabad, ended many hopes and dreams. A city police officer said there are no survivors, but towards evening, the police found one.
40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian who was returning to the UK after a visit, was found almost unscathed. Reports said he had taken the flight along with his brother, whom he is trying to find.
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The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to London had no stopovers and was carrying more than 80-90 tonnes of highly inflammable aviation fuel for the 10-hour journey.
The crash had turned it into a huge orange fireball that raged for hours over the tightly packed terraces of the city.
The flight was carrying 242 people -- including crew members. The passengers included 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals.
Air India has set up a dedicated passenger hotline number 1800 5691 444 to provide more information.
