Heart-wrenching human stories are coming to light following the crash of the Air India aircraft, in which at least 265 people lost their lives.

One such story involves the family of Dr. Prateek Joshi, who was traveling to London for a “new beginning.”

The parents and their three children had even taken a selfie shortly before the plane took off, unaware of what was about to happen in the following minutes.

In the photo, Dr. Joshi, his wife—also a doctor—and their two twin boys, five-year-old Nakul and Pradyut, along with their older daughter, eight-year-old Miraya, can be seen smiling at the camera.

Dr. Joshi’s wife, Komi Vas, who had been working in Udaipur, had resigned from her job to move to London with her husband and their children.

“They were supposed to leave yesterday from Ahmedabad on a flight to London. Prateek had come two days earlier from England to return with his wife and their two children,” said a relative of Dr. Joshi.

According to Dr. Komi’s brother, the couple had been married for 10 years and had three children.

Black Boxes Are Key

The exact cause of what happened on flight AI171 between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick on Thursday evening will only be revealed after a detailed investigation, and investigators hope the mystery will be solved by the “black boxes”—the flight data and voice recorders.

Indian investigators, in collaboration with experts from the U.S. and the United Kingdom, are working to determine what caused the crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shortly after takeoff, just 1.5 kilometers from the runway at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.

The Air India aircraft was carrying 242 people (230 passengers and a 12-member crew) when it took off from Ahmedabad International Airport bound for London Gatwick Airport. Only one passenger survived, who walked out of the wreckage. The seat of the 39-year-old Vishwas Kumar Ramesh was next to one of the emergency exits.

Among the passengers were 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian national.

Local police spokesperson Kanan Desai told reporters that “265 bodies were transported to the hospital,” which means that 24 people were killed on the ground when the plane crashed into a medical staff accommodation center. The rescue operation concluded early Friday morning, with no further reports of fatalities.