The son of a British-Indian woman who died in the Air India plane crash has revealed he missed her last phone call, made just hours before she boarded the ill-fated flight.
Manju Mahesh Patel, 79, had been sitting in seat 12D, one row behind the only survivor of the crash, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, striking a building where medical students had gathered for lunch. At least 270 deaths have been confirmed so far.