India plane crash orphans sisters after father's trip to scatter wife's ashes


People attend a multi-faith vigil at the Siddhashram Shakti Centre in Harrow, London, for the victims of the Air India crash, Saturday June 14, 2025. - James Manning/PA via AP

LONDON: Two young British girls were left orphaned by the Air India plane crash, after their father travelled to the south Asian country to scatter his wife's ashes.

Arjun Patoliya was travelling home to his daughters, aged four and eight, after scattering the ashes of his wife Bharti, who had died just weeks earlier, when the plane crashed on Thursday (June 12).

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