JUST IN : UK investigation team dispatched to India, PM says
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the news from India following today’s crash of a plane bound for London Gatwick in Ahmedabad is “absolutely devastating” and he “speaks for the entire country in saying our thoughts are with everyone involved”.
Speaking to broadcasters, he says a UK team had been dispatched to Gujarat to join the investigation, and urges families and friends of anyone affected to contact the Foreign Office.
“Our hearts and our thoughts are absolutely with the friends and families of everyone affected who’ll be absolutely devastated by this awful news”, he says.
The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has formally offered its assistance to India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.
In a statement, the AAIB said it will have expert status in the Indian safety investigation in accordance with the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization because British citizens were on board the aircraft.
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