UK to offer ‘whatever support’ necessary following ‘devastating’ fatal plane crash, says minister

Sarah Jones says people in the UK are “completely distraught” following a fatal plane crash in India yesterday.

The Air India flight was travelling to London Gatwick, bsme with 242 passengers and crew on board. But it crashed within minutes of taking off in Ahmedabad, and officials believe everybody on board has died, except for one British man in seat 11A.

At least 53 of those on board the aircraft were British citizens.

The industry minister calls the situation “utterly devastating” and says her own constituency of Croydon has a large Indian community.

She says: “I know that people are completely distraught.”