British couple post lighthearted airport video moments before tragic Air India crash
Jamie Meek, 45, and his husband Fiongal Greenlaw, 39, are believed to have been on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight bound for London Gatwick, which went down shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
The couple were known for their wellness and spirituality business The Wellness Foundry based in South London and Ramsgate. They appeared to be in good spirits in their final recorded moments.
'Goodbye India,' Mr Greenlaw-Meek can be heard saying in the video, before turning to ask, 'What's your biggest take away Jamie?'
'I don't know,' Mr Meek replies, prompting a laugh from his husband who quips.
'Yeah fascinating, great, thanks for your contribution'
The pair then joke about the challenges of travelling with a partner, ending the clip with Mr Greenlaw-Meek saying they were 'going back happily happily happily calm'.
The couple had been sharing updates from their stay at The House of MG, a boutique hotel in Ahmedabad.
A few days earlier, they had posted from the property reflecting on their trip.
The couple had been together since 2019 and married in a series of ceremonies, including one in Las Vegas in 2022.
Their work at The Wellness Foundry focused on psychic readings, tarot, reiki, and yoga.
Earlier this year, Mr Greenlaw-Meek appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss the meaning of people's auras, a moment the pair described on Instagram as their 'biggest gig so far'.
The doomed flight was carrying at least 230 passengers along with 10 crew and two pilots.
Images from the crash site show the aircraft's remains engulfed in flames near the airport, with thick black smoke pouring into the sky. Authorities are still working to confirm the final casualty count, with several passengers still unaccounted for.
Indian authorities have confirmed over 200 fatalities, with the toll expected to rise.
Sole survivor's miracle escape
Forty-year-old Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British citizen and father of one, emerged from the rubble in an astonishing turn of events after his plane crashed into a fireball.
His family have said he has 'no idea' how he survived. It's been reported Mr Ramesh's brother was also on the doomed flight.
Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah has visited Mr Ramesh in hospital.
Footage from the incident showed a man walking away from the crash site with blood on his face but seemingly superficial cuts and bruises as well as torn clothes.
A boarding pass from the scene shows Mr Ramesh was in seat 11A of the Dreamliner. According to Air India's seat map this is in the first row on economy right next to an exit.
'Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,' Mr Ramesh is reported as saying by new outlet The New Indian Express.
'There were dead bodies around me. I got scared. I got up and ran'.
'There were pieces of the plane everywhere.'
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