Air India crash, June 13 -- London-based Arjun Patolia boarded the Air India flight that tragically crashed on Thursday, days after performing the last rites of his wife in Gujarat. He was heading to meet his two young daughters, according to a report by the Daily Mail.

Patolia visited the Amreli district of Gujarat to fulfil his wife, Bharatiben's, last wish, who passed away a week earlier. Bharatiben's final wish was to immerse her ashes in her village. Patiolia travelled to Gujarat to perform the last rites along with his extended family.

A few days after the final rites, Patiola boarded Air India flight AI-171, expecting to return to his daughters, aged four and eight. Unfortunately, the flight crashed shortly after takeoff on Thurs...