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Passengers aboard the doomed Air India flight that crashed Thursday included a couple who gushed in a heart-wrenching video about their “magical experience” in India — and noted how “calm” they were before departure.

Identities of the dead began trickling out hours after London-bound Flight 171 crashed just 30 seconds after taking off from an airport in Ahmedabad — including a flight attendant travel influencer and a British businessman who was traveling with his wife and 4-year-old daughter.

All but one of the 242 people on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were killed in the crash, and investigators say they have recovered 270 bodies from crash site — suggesting at least 29 people on the ground died, as well.

Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, a couple who ran a spiritual wellness center back home in the UK, shared a short video from the airport just as they were about to board the flight to London Gatwick Airport. the Guardian reported.

Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek were two of the passengers who died when Air India Flight 171 crashed. Instagram / @jamiermeek
The couple posted a video while boarding the doomed flight that was bound for London. Instagram / @jamiermeek

“We are at the airport. Just boarding. Goodbye, India,” Fiongal says in the video, with Jamie sitting beside him.

“Bye, goodbye, 10-hour flight back to England,” Jamie says.

“Going back happily, happily, happily calm,” Fiongal says with a broad smile.

The two men had just celebrated a trip of a lifetime in India, sharing their thoughts in a final social media post the day before their flight.

“So it’s our last night in India, and we have had a magical experience really, there have been some quite mind-blowing things that have happened,” Fiongal said.


  Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and Jamie Meek run a spiritual wellness center in the UK. Instagram / @jamiermeek Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and Jamie Meek run a spiritual wellness center in the UK. Instagram / @jamiermeek

The couple said they were inspired by the trip and planned to create a vlog about their experiences in India when they got back home.

“It would be so nice to remember this and share it with everybody because we really have been on quite a journey and then just spent the last night here in this amazing hotel and we’ve just had the most delicious thali food,” Jamie said. “It was a perfect way to round up the trip. So yeah excited to share it all with you actually.”

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Fellow Briton Akeel Nanabawa, of Gloucester, was also aboard the flight with his wife Hannaa Vorajee, and their 4-year-old daughter, Sara, the BBC reported.

“During this moment of overwhelming sorrow, our hearts go out to all those left behind,” the Gloucester Muslim Community said in a post about the family’s death. “No words can truly ease the pain of such a profound loss, but we pray that the family may find solace in the tremendous outpouring of compassion and solidarity from communities across the world.”


  Roshni Rajendra Songhare was a flight attendant on the Air India plane. Instagram / @sky_loves_her Roshni Rajendra Songhare was a flight attendant on the Air India plane. Instagram / @sky_loves_her

Stewardess Roshni Rajendra Songhare, a member of the cabin crew and a travel influencer on Instagram, was also aboard the plane when it went down, the Hindustan Times reported.

Songhare, who worked for Air India, shared scenes from her travels on Instagram with her more than 54,000 followers.

Her death was confirmed by Ravindra Chavan, a lawmaker in India’s Maharashtra MLA, who described the deadly crash as a “heart-wrenching tragedy” for the nation.


  Songhare was also a travel influencer who ran a popular Instagram page. Instagram / @sky_loves_her Songhare was also a travel influencer who ran a popular Instagram page. Instagram / @sky_loves_her

  Songhare’s death was confirmed by a local lawmaker. Instagram / @sky_loves_her Songhare’s death was confirmed by a local lawmaker. Instagram / @sky_loves_her

“We are profoundly saddened by the tragic demise of Ms. Roshni Songhare from Dombivli in the devastating plane crash in Ahmedabad,” Chavan said in a statement. “May her soul attain eternal peace.”

There was just one survivor in the devastating Boeing 787-8 crash — British passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was seated in 11A and managed to walk away from the fiery wreckage.

The plane was carrying 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian, the airline said.


  Rescue workers searching the debris at the scene of the plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. AP Photo/Ajit Solanki Rescue workers searching the debris at the scene of the plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

  The tail of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane seen at the crash site. REUTERS/Amit Dave The tail of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane seen at the crash site. REUTERS/Amit Dave

  One of the plane’s wheels seen among the debris. SIDDHARAJ SOLANKI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock One of the plane’s wheels seen among the debris. SIDDHARAJ SOLANKI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

  The body of a victim being taken away from the crash site. REUTERS/Amit Dave The body of a victim being taken away from the crash site. REUTERS/Amit Dave

  Firefighters putting out a blaze at a building damaged by the plane crash. SIDDHARAJ SOLANKI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Firefighters putting out a blaze at a building damaged by the plane crash. SIDDHARAJ SOLANKI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

At least five medical students were killed and another 50 people injured when the jumbo jet crashed on top of a dining facility at a medical college.

The deadly crash marks the worst air disaster in India since Nov. 12, 1996, when a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight collided midair with a Kazakhstan Airlines Flight near Charki Dadri in Haryana state, killing all 349 on board the two planes.

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