A father of two who had traveled from the U.K. to India to spread his wife's ashes died in the Air India crash on June 12, leaving the couple's two daughters, ages 4 and 8, orphaned. Arjun Patoliya, 37,

Boeing 787 Dreamliner — with 242 people on board crashed into a medical college complex in the Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the airport on Thursday afternoon.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, suffered relatively minor injuries and jumped out of an emergency exit next to his seat after Thursday’s crash in the western city of Ahmedabad. His brother Ajay, who was also on the plane, is missing and presumed dead.

Three days after a fatal Air India AI171 flight crash, another tragic incident has been reported in Uttarakhand, where a helicopter flying from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi crashed in the jungles of Gaurikund, leading to the deaths of seven people, including the pilot, according to media reports.