Grieving dad who lost wife and daughter in Air India crash faces deportation in DAYS

Grieving dad who lost wife and daughter in Air India crash faces deportation in DAYSMohammad Sethwala was staying in the UK on a dependant visa, but he faces deportation after his wife and daughter died in the Ahmedabad Air India crash last yearNewsLiam Doyle14:56, 20 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesHundreds of people died in the Air India crash(Image: AFP via Getty Images)A grieving dad who has "nothing left" after losing his wife and only child in the Air India disaster is set to be deported from the UK in a matter of days.‌Mohammad Sethwala, 27, lost his wife Sadikabanu Tapeliwala, 24, their daughter Fatima, two, in the devastating Air India Flight 171 crash last June. They were among the 242 people who died in the nightmare incident after their plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for Stansted, plunged into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad and was enveloped in a fireball just moments after takeoff.‌Still grieving Mohammad has now learned that he has been denied permission to stay in the UK after applying in "compassionate and compelling circumstances".‌READ MORE: Air India families demand UK 'find the truth' on horror crash that killed 260READ MORE: 'I'm a plane engineer and this is exactly why we will never find the missing MH370'View 3 ImagesThe plane crashed into a medical hostel shortly after takeoff(Image: CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORC)Speaking to The Sun, Mohammad said he came to the country in 2022 on a dependant visa, which allowed him to live in the UK thanks to his wife's primary status. He and his family had settled in Ilford while his wife studied International Business Management at Ulster University in Holborn, but the permissions expired seven months after she died.The dad had worked the early shift on the morning of the plane crash so he could pick up his family from the airport, and received a call from his father back in India telling him of the incident. He said he had initially "thought it...