Agra, June 12 -- A house in sleepy Akola town in Agra district was getting concerned visitors on Thursday evening. Satish Lavania resides here and is the elder brother of Neeraj Kumar Lavania, who along with his wife, Aparna, was on the London flight which crashed on Thursday afternoon with most of the passengers feared killed.

"Neeraj called me on Thursday morning and informed me that he was in a cab on the way to Ahmedabad with Aparna to board the flight for London later in the day. They were on a holiday tour and excited but soon it all changed," said Lavania.

"Neeraj comes once in a year to Akola and was last here in November 2024 when our father died and he came to attend his last rites. He had his primary education here in Akola a...