UK response to Air India crash ‘disjointed and inadequate’, say grieving families | Plane crashes

Air India’s mourning family members of the three British citizens killed in a plane crash accused the United Kingdom of the government with a “discrete, inadequate and painful slow” reply in India.

Akeel Nanabawa and Hannaa Vorajee and their four -year -old daughter Sara Nanabawa’s family calls for the British government to improve how she communicated with the family members running to Ahmedabad in Gujarat after the accident.

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Family members said that they were defined to their loved ones and that a 72 -hour period was given to release the bodies, but that they said to withdraw it without a statement.

They also said that they were struggling to find medical or judicial support in the hospital and received inconsistent and confirmed updates from local authorities who united their feelings of distress.

A family spokesman said: “There is no UK leadership here, no medical team, no crisis professionals assigned to the hospital.

“We have to make an appointment to see the consular staff 20 minutes away in a hotel, our loved ones are overly stretched and inadequate in a hospital.”

Another family member said that they felt that they were “completely abandoned ı by the United Kingdom government.

Voraje, who volunteered at a local Islamic school in the family’s hometown Gloucester, who operated a recruitment company, was flying to London Gatwick when he could not get out of Ahmedabad airport properly.

His families told them that a local doctor was associated with insufficient delays in releasing bodies.

Akeel’s cousin Abu Nanabawa said several families are worried. “It seems like a universally shared disappointment in the management of this crisis,” he said.

“Right now we want to have bodies, so we can bury them and mourn properly. Our belief and religion [Islam] It is very important to make the funeral as soon as possible. To bury and honor them, return and upset as soon as possible. “

Family members invites an identity unit to implement an identity unit that is operated by the British to help use a complete crisis team and accelerate the release of ruins, including the government, consulate, medical and judicial officers.

In the UK and India, they want to meet the hourly written briefings and emergency travel, accommodation and return costs and get financial support for the next relative for an independent investigation that should be discussed.

The spokesman number 10 said: “The deep condolences of the government goes to everyone at the moment of this common grief. We are working on the ground to support British citizens and their families.

“To determine that the cause of the accident is here, it is very early in the investigation process. He leads the investigation supported by the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Office, the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch and the US National Transport Security Board.”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “Our staff continues to work in England and India during the day to support the families and loved ones of the accident.

“We have established a reception center in the Ummed Hotel near Ahmedabad Airport and we have a special help line to provide support and advice to British citizens’ families and friends-if you are in India, if you are in India, +91 (11) 24192100, including support, including support, including support. You should call 24192100.

“In addition, the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch used an investigation team to support the LED investigation of India, and the UK judicial experts have to support the consulate response.”