A doctor from Gujarat cannot stop thanking his wife and family members after he cancelled an Air India flight in which he planned to fly to London on June 12.

Badruddin Halani, of a renowned business family from Gujarat's Anand, was one among the 241 people on the plane who died in the crash.

PM Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, former civil aviation minister Praful Patel and Guajrat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel have met him in the last 24 hours

The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport, leaving only one survivor.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 aircraft flying from Ahmedabad to London, crashed near the Meghaninagar area minutes after takeoff.

In a release on Tuesday, the airline said it will operate the flights on the route from January 25 to February 28.