Agra, June 14 -- Neeraj Lavania and his wife Aparna were among the 241 souls onboard flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London who died when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12. The couple shared a passion for travelling and were known to take frequent sojourns during the summer. And this year, their chosen destination was London.
Neeraj (50) and Aparna (49) are survived by their 18-year-old daughter, who might have joined them on the trip, however, stayed back to accompany her 70-year-old grandmother, who lives alone.
The teenager, who is in her final year of university, has since travelled to Ahmedabad for DNA sampling.
Neeraj, who worked for a private company, moved to Vadodara, Gujarat from his ancestral home in Akola, Ag...