India, June 13 -- Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 55

The captain of Air India Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick, London, Sumeet Sabharwal, was one of Air India's most experienced pilots with 8200 hours of flying logged in. Sabharwal, a resident of Powai, was unmarried and lived with his nonagenarian father. Neighbours recalled that Sabharwal had been a pilot since 1994. "Only a few days ago he told his father that he will be quitting his job to look after him full time," said Shiv Sena lawmaker Dilip Lande who had come to the Sabhawals' home to condole. The family, said neighbours, was deeply connected to the aviation industry. Captain Sabharwal's father had retired from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) while his two nephews...