Among those who died in the crash was Fiongal Greenlaw and his husband, Jamie, who previously appeared on the ITV daytime show

Since the Tata takeover, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation has repeatedly fined Air India over safety and other regulatory violations, including an Rs8mn ($95,000) penalty last year for exceeding flight duty time limits. At home, it is competing in a near-duopoly with IndiGo, which has been boosting its international long-haul routes.

At the Manjalpur crematorium in Vadodara, the family opened the zip cover in which the body had been packed and placed inside the coffin to complete a mandatory ritual

Colleagues of a beautician who was killed in the Air India plane crash have said she brought "kindness to every moment". Abdhi Patel, 40, was flying back to the UK after visiting her elderly mother when flight A1171 crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad, India, say their first reaction was to help treat the injured.

SDRF-ASP Sheetal Gujar highlighted the bravery of rescue personnel who used oxygen masks and wet cloths to evacuate victims from a hostel building, despite extreme heat and danger at the crash site.