Prayers held as plane crash deaths confirmed

Prayers were held at Hindu temples across north-west London on Thursday evening following the Air India crash in Ahmedabad.

The London Gatwick-bound flight crashed soon after take-off from the city's airport in the western state of Gujarat, killing at least 241 people. One person – a British man – survived.

Some residents in London have begun to receive confirmation that their loved ones were among those killed, Harrow East MP Bob Blackman said.

Shri Rajrajeshwar Guruji, the spiritual leader of the Palmerston Road Temple in Harrow, said some of the victims had attended his temple for prayer.

"Today we are praying for them because it is the only thing we can give to the departed soul," he said.