Nayan Vagadaya had driven more than three hours to the Civil Hospital here after he heard that his uncle was one of the victims of the Air India plane crash, the country’s deadliest in almost three decades.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, carrying 242 passengers and crew, went down just after departing from the western city of Ahmedabad en route to London.

Air India confirms that 241 passengers and crew died, and one British man survived, when the plane crashed moments after take off.