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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston |Samaan Lateef
Some of those families have now described the way they have been treated as "disgusting" and accused officials of "passing the buck". Officials have been seen arguing with families in dilapidated hospital corridors as they wait a fourth day to see the bodies of their loved ones.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston |Samaan Lateef |Gareth Corfield
"The Committee notes with serious concern the high number of vacancies across key aviation regulatory and operational bodies, particularly in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), and the Airports Authority of India (AAI)," it said.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Samaan Lateef |Neil Johnston |Fiona Parker |Tony Diver
The first body of a British Air India crash victim has been released to her family. A funeral was held on Sunday for the “sweet” and “gentle” mother of two Elcina Alpesh Makwana, 42, just three days after she told her parents not to worry as she boarded the flightto Gatwick airport.
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1 week ago | 
msn.com | Samaan Lateef |Neil Johnston |Fiona Parker |Tony Diver
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Samaan Lateef |Neil Johnston |Fiona Parker |Tony Diver
Her uncle Joseph Patelia told The Telegraph she had called her father Edwin Patelia to say she'd boarded safely but her sister later learnt the plane had crashed on the news. "Before take-off, she called her father to say she'd boarded safely and would call again once she landed in London," he said. "That call never came. She vanished just like that leaving us in shock, in tears, unable to believe what we were hearing.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Samaan Lateef |Janet Eastham |Neil Johnston
Indian relatives of British crash victims, some of whom drove through the night for up to 12 hours, told The Telegraph that they have been left waiting outside the hospital for days in unbearable heat, "begging" for answers. Hannaa Vorajee's cousin, Ameen Siddiqui, 28, from Surat in Gujarat, said their home had been "alive with laughter" this Eid, reunited with their British relatives.
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2 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Victoria Ward |Samaan Lateef |Hayley Dixon |Albert Tait
While he was being treated in hospital he managed to speak to family in the UK via a video call. "Unfortunately he was covered with scars and there was blood coming out," Ravi Mahesh, 31, a cousin in Derby, said"He said 'guys, don't worry about me, what's happened to Ajay?' We're still trying to understand through the local administration what has happened to him."Mr Mahesh said the brothers were in India for some time, where they had their own small business.
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2 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Sagar Patel |Henry Samuel |Samaan Lateef
Scenes of devastation as locals flock to help rescuers at the scene, where a sole survivor walked away After the crash came scenes of sheer horror and devastation; a hellish, chaotic and blackened tableau of charred body parts. Local witnesses said they saw the jet explode on impact right after take-off, about a runway's length away from Ahmedabad airport. Plumes of smoke could be seen for miles around.
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Will Macpherson |Samaan Lateef
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tony Diver |Samaan Lateef
The relationship between Mauritius and China has been a point of contention for Sir Keir, who faced accusations he was giving away British territory to an ally of one of the UK's enemies. The Chagos Islands, known in the UK as the British Indian Ocean Territory, host the Diego Garcia military base which is jointly used by British and US forces.
