Mum killed in India crash was ‘reluctant to go’ and feared leaving her son

Abdhi Patel (right) who was on the Gatwick-bound Air India flight. Picture: Atif KArim/PA

A mother who died in the Air India plane crash had been reluctant to travel and feared leaving her young son behind for the first time, a colleague has said.

Abdhiben Patel, known as Abdhi, 40, was killed when flight AI171 crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday.