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British Gay couple posted 'Goodbye India' video before boarding doomed Air India flight. Photo: Videograb/X

British gay couple posted 'Goodbye India' video before boarding doomed Air India flight

| @indiablooms | Jun 13, 2025, at 12:54 am

A British couple who run a spiritual wellness company in London posted a 'goodbye' video from the Ahmedabad airport, describing their “magical experience” in India as they waited to board the doomed Air India flight on Thursday.

Jamie Ray Greenlaw-Meek and Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek are believed to be among 53 British nationals who boarded the aircraft that crashed with 242 people onboard, moments after takeoff, the Independent reported.

In a video shared on their company, The Wellness Foundry’s Instagram handle, Fiongal, a former fashion designer, said: “We are at the airport, just boarding, goodbye India”.

His husband then joked about the 10-hour-long flight.

In another clip shared on social media, they described their trip to India as a “magical experience”.

They also promised to post a vlog with their followers about “mind blowing things” they did in India.

The couple, from London, were returning home after a 10-day wellness retreat, Jamie Meek’s brother told UK media.

“We were expecting him home tonight. He should have landed at 6.30pm and then driven up for about 11 to get his dog who is staying with our Mum," Nick Meek, a caretaker from Birmingham, told the Independent.

“She is not in a good way. It is all very raw for her at the moment. It’s a lot to take in and we only heard this news a couple of hours ago.”

In one of the worst-ever aviation tragedies in India, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, en route to London with 242 people onboard, crashed immediately after take-off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. All except one died in the crash.

One person, the passenger of seat No. 11A,  survived the crash miraculously, the Ahmedabad Police said.

AI171, carrying 242 people, went down within five minutes of departure at 1:38 PM, sending up plumes of smoke near the crash site.

It hit a medical college hostel, leaving five students dead as well.

The flight carried 169 Indian passengers, 53 British nationals, 7 Portuguese citizens, and one Canadian.

Dense smoke was seen rising from the Dharpur area near Meghaninagar in Ahmedabad, prompting the immediate deployment of fire brigades and emergency response units. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the crash.

A video of the aircraft showed it was struggling to gain altitude before it slammed on the ground and exploded in a massive ball of fire at 1.38 pm. It was loaded with fuel since it was flying a long distance to London.

Shortly after take-off, the pilot sent out a mayday call. There was no response after that to repeated calls from the air traffic controller, according to reports.

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