Try GOLD - Free
Ramsgate in shock after local business owners die in crash
Isle of Thanet Gazette
|June 20, 2025
COUPLE WERE HEADED HOME AFTER ENJOYING A 'MAGICAL' HOLIDAY IN INDIA
A COUPLE who owned a business in Ramsgate were among the 270 people killed in last week’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad.
Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek were on board the Gatwick-bound plane, which erupted into a fireball after hitting a building soon after take off.
All but one of the 242 people on board were killed in the crash, and there were also at least 29 casualties on the ground.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed Into a residential part of Ahmedabad shortly after take-off last Thursday (June 12), in what has been confirmed to be one of the deadliest air accidents in terms of the number of British nationals killed.
Air India said the plane was carrying 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian.
The sole surviving passenger was Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.
Fiongal and Jamie, who had been married since 2019, owned The Wellness Foundry, a tarot and spiritual wellness centre in south London.
In February they had excitedly opened a tarot studio in Ramsgate, saying they looked forward to “new beginnings”.
This story is from the June 20, 2025 edition of Isle of Thanet Gazette.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Isle of Thanet Gazette
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Broadstairs' The Royston up for national pub of the year award
A KENT pub has been hailed as the best in the South East and is now hoping to be named the top place for a pint in all of the UK.
2 mins
August 29, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
'Disaster' homes plan at park outskirts rejected
COUNCIL HAD PLANNED TO USE GARDENER'S DEPOT FOR HOUSING
2 mins
August 29, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Trial date is set for councillor accused of threat to kill
A TRIAL date has been set for a suspended Reform councillor accused of threatening to kill his wife.
1 mins
August 29, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
'Nothing has changed since my mother was murdered'
GRIEVING SON SAYS THREAT TO WOMEN REMAINS AS KILLER'S SENTENCE IS EXTENDED PAGES 4&5
1 min
August 01, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Council plans new move to protect our public spaces
AUTHORITY AIMS TO CUT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR PAGE 4
1 min
July 25, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Massive high jump best helps Webb net top spot
THOMAS WEBB continued his golden summer with another podium-topping performance, this time at the South of England All Ages Combined Events Championships, held in Oxford.
2 mins
July 11, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
MP's report reveals impact of roadworks plague on residents
LAM CALLS FOR ACTION AFTER POLLING KENT CONSTITUENTS
3 mins
July 11, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Kemkaran calls for Kent to get a share in Dart Charge
KENT County Council leader Linden Kemkaran has told the Government that the county should receive some of the income from the Dartford Crossing toll after the price rise comes into effect in September.
2 mins
July 11, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Counting the cost of a day in the Pavilion
JOURNALIST SPENDS 17 HOURS AT UK'S BIGGEST WETHERSPOON PUB
2 mins
July 11, 2025
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Cold comfort
Here's how to keep cool in bed as summer temperatures rise. By SAM WYLIE-HARRIS.
1 min
July 11, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size