A Boeing Dreamliner plane bound for London Gatwick and carrying 242 people tragically crashed and exploded shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport yesterday
Two sisters killed in the Air India tragedy had flown to India to visit their grandmother for her birthday. Dhir and Heer Baxi, who were both in their 20s, travelled from London to Ahmedabad to visit their family for the special day.
But on their return to London Gatwick, the plane barely managed to get off the runway before smashing in to a nearby medical college, exploding into a fiery ball and killing 241 of the 242 people on board. Their family described the girls as “young talents” as they spoke of their heartbreak today.
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Dhir was studying to become a fashion designer, while her sister worked in an investment and renewable energy company as a project director. Previously, she worked in Singapore, which is where it’s understood the sisters grew up.
Speaking to The Telegraph, their older brother Ishan said: “I can’t express what my complete family is going through – shell shocked, not coming to terms is what I can say right now
“Both had a natural aura of helping and always cared about family values. They both had aspirations to be successful enough to roam around the world, tension-free. Along with their parents, they both had a proclivity towards modernisation without changing traditional values.
“Both my sisters know what is right and what is wrong, thus whatever work they carried out, in academics or fashion, they always got success with no conflicts amongst peers or seniors.”
A loved one also wrote “RIP young talent” under the last Instagram post on Heer’s feed.
In another tragic tale from the horrific crash yesterday, a bride who was meeting her husband for the first time since their wedding was also named as one of the victims.
Khushboo Rajpurohit, 21, was on board yesterday when the Boeing Dreamliner plane tragically crashed and exploded shortly after take-off – killing her and 240 other people.
Ms Rajpurohit, who was from a small village called Araba in Rajasthan, India, had married husband Manfool Singh, who studies in London, back in January. She had taken a smiling selfie with a relative at the airport shortly before take-off – but would never reach her destination.
Also thought to have died is four-year-old Sara Nanabawa, who was travelling with her parents Akeel and Hannaa when the aircraft smashed into a doctors’ hostel in Ahmedabad, India. A family of five from Rajasthan who were relocating to London are also feared dead.
In one selfie taken seconds before take-off, Komi Vyas and husband Prateek Joshi, both doctors, were seen smiling as they sat on the aisle opposite their children. Joshi had moved to London a few years ago, and his family were set to join him.
Four medical students inside the struck building are believed to have been killed, along with four relatives who were in the building. One man – a British national – miraculously survived the disaster.