Air India flight AI171 plane crash

A special service was held at a Hindu temple in Preston in a show of solidarity and consolation.

Family members are struggling to come to terms with what has happened.

Faizan Rafik, from Leicester, is believed to have been on the flight, which crashed on Thursday.

The mother of two was finalising a permanent move back home to India, her family say.

Doctors are relying on DNA from relatives to identify victims' remains, and warn the process will be slow.

A close friends confirm Ketan Shah, from Southbourne, was on the Air India flight.

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

Raxa Modha, who recently lost her husband, is among those killed, along with her grandson.