India, June 13 -- A couple from Agra excited about their UK holiday. Two young British tourists celebrating the end of an exhilarating India tour. Two siblings headed for a summer trip. A family of five taking selfies moments before disaster struck.

These were among the people who perished on Thursday after the London-bound Air India flight they were on crashed 33 seconds after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport.

The plane - a Boeing 787-8 dreamliner - rammed into a medical college hostel at 1.39pm on Thursday as thick plumes of black smoke billowed from the debris of AI 171.

"Her husband fainted after getting the news of her death in the plane crash. We can't believe that Khushboo is not with us anymore," said Laxmikant Rajpurohit,...