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Plane disaster victims' family 'abandoned'

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June 17, 2025

THE FAMILY of three Britons who were killed in the Air India plane crash are calling on the UK Government to provide more support on the ground in India.

- ROD MINCHIN

Akeel Nanabawa, originally from Newport, his wife, Hannaa Vorajee, and their four-year-old daughter, Sara Nanabawa, were returning home to the UK when they died.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday in what is one of the deadliest plane accidents in terms of the number of British nationals killed.

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

The sole surviving passenger was Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

Air India said the plane was carrying 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian.

Mr Nanabawa ran a recruitment firm, while his wife volunteered at a local Islamic school in Gloucester, where they lived.

Members of their family have flown from the UK to Ahmedabad after last week's tragedy.

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