Father of two boarded ill-fated Air India flight to London 7 days after wife’s death
Father of two boarded ill-fated Air India flight to London 7 days after wife’s death Father of two boarded ill-fated Air India flight to London 7 days after wife’s death By HT Trending Desk Jun 13, 2025 10:57 AM IST The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, carrying 242 passengers including 53 British nationals, crash-landed in Ahmedabad on June 12. Just days after performing the last rites of his wife in India, London-based Arjun Patolia boarded the Air India flight that crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad on Thursday. He was returning home to reunite with his two young daughters. Authorities have launched a probe into one of India’s deadliest aviation tragedies.(AFP) According to a report by Daily Mail, Patolia had travelled to Gujarat’s Amreli district to fulfil the final wish of his wife, Bharatiben, who had died just a week earlier. Her last request was for her ashes to be immersed in her native village, something Patolia honoured with devotion, carrying ...