The captain of the Air India plane that crashed with hundreds of people dead had made a heartbreaking vow to his elderly father just days before, it has been revealed.
The London Gatwick-bounded Dreamliner plane was carrying 242 passengers, including 53 Britons - with none on board thought to have survived except one UK national in seat 11A.
Among those believed to have died is Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot operating Air India flight AI171 - a Boeing 787 taking off from Ahmedabad in India.
Mr Sabharwal, who had 8,200 hours of experience, was named as the pilot of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
First Officer Clive Kunder, from Mumbai and who was co-piloting, had logged 1,100 of flying hours and completed his training at the Florida-based Paris Air Flight School.
