India, June 13 -- A couple who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday had already lost their only son in a previous aviation tragedy, UK-based news agency PA Media has reported, citing a London temple leader.

Rajrajeshwar Guruji, who leads the Siddhashram Shakti Centre in Harrow, north-west London, said the couple had been returning from a religious celebration in India when the flight went down. Follow LIVE updates here.

He told PA Media that their son, who was a pilot, had died in a crash in France several years earlier. The report did not identify the couple or their son.

"This couple had gone to India for a religious celebration - they were coming back and now this has happened," Rajrajeshwar said. "After what h...