Tragic final photos and footage have emerged from the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people.

One photo, snapped on board the doomed Gatwick-bound Boeing 787-8, shows Pratik Joshi and his wife Dr Komi Vyas and their three children smiling as they await takeoff.

Joshi had lived in London for six years. He had recently returned to India to bring his wife and children back to Britain – earlier in the week, Vyas resigned from her job at a local hospital for the move.

The photo was sent to family and emerged only after Thursday’s devastating crash. All five family members – including five-year-old twins Nakul and Pradyut and daughter Miraya, 8 – are grinning broadly as they look forward to their new life.

Within minutes, the family would be among the 217 adults, 11 children and two infants killed when Flight 171 crashed only minutes after departing the airport in Ahmedabad, in western India.

The final photo of Pratik Joshi, Dr Komi Vyas and their family. Photo: Facebook

Another tragic image shows British couple Jamie Meek and Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek at the airport, waiting to board the Air India flight.

“We are at the airport just boarding,” Greenlaw-Meek says in an Instagram clip.

“Goodbye India,” he says, ahead of what his husband said would be a “10-hour flight back to England”.

Meek’s brother Nick told Britain’s Times newspaper that the couple was in India for a 10-day wellness retreat. They were expected home later on Thursday.

Greenlaw-Meek’s mother was watching his dog while her son was on the trip.

“She is not in a good way,” Nick Meek said.

“It is all very raw for her at the moment. It’s a lot to take in and we only heard this news a couple of hours ago.”

Thursday’s aviation disaster in Ahmedabad was the world’s worst in a decade. Of those on board, only 40-year-old Ramesh Viswashkumar survived.

“It all happened so quickly. When I got up, there were bodies all around me. “I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me,” he told the Hindustan Times from his hospital bed.

“Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”

Viswashkumar was in seat 11A. His brother, Ajay, was also on board, in a different row.

“He was travelling with me and I can’t find him any more. Please help me find him,” he said.

On Friday, Viswashkumar wrote on Facebook that the crash was a nightmare.

“Today, I experienced something I never thought I’d go through. The India plane crash was a nightmare, but I’m alive. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the events, and my emotions are all over the place,” he wrote.

“I’m grateful for the medical team and everyone who helped me. I’ll take things one step at a time, focusing on my physical and emotional recovery. My heart goes out to those who weren’t as fortunate, and I think of their families and loved ones.”

Viswashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the tragedy, remains in hospital. Photo: Facebook

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner came down in a residential area, crashing onto a medical college hostel outside the airport during lunch hour.

More than 200 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, but authorities say some of those may be people killed on the ground.

The aircraft passengers included 217 adults, 11 children and two infants, a source told Reuters.

Of those, 169 were Indian nationals, 53 were Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, according to Air India’s latest advice.

No Australian citizens or residents are believed to have been on board.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia’s thoughts were with all those affected by the crash.

“I know I speak for all Australians when I say this is heartbreaking,” she said on Friday.

“I had a message exchange with [Indian External Affairs Minister] Dr Jaishankar, expressing the condolences of Australians to him.

“We also think of our good friends in the United Kingdom and in many other countries. It is a devastating and distressing day for these two countries and many others.”

Wong said diplomatic staff were working with Indian authorities.

“We’ve not had any anyone reach out for consular assistance. Obviously, we stand ready to provide support to Australians as required,” she said.

The Australian High Commission in New Delhi and the Consulate-General in Mumbai were following up with local authorities to determine whether there were any Australians on board, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the disaster was devastating.

“In this time of tragedy, Australia’s thoughts are with everyone affected,” he posted on the social media platform X.

-with AAP