Pride to hold minute's silence for crash victims
InstagramA minute's silence is being held at Ramsgate Pride to pay tribute to a couple who were among the 53 Britons killed when an Air India flight bound for Gatwick crashed on Thursday.
Jamie and Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, aged 45 and 39 respectively, were on the AI171 flight which crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad Airport.
The couple were founders of the Wellness Foundry in Ramsgate, Kent and London, and were due to host a wellbeing workshop at Ramsgate Pride on Saturday.
Lucy Taylor, assistant manager for Ramsgate Pride, described the couple as "brilliant" as they "brought a lot of peace and healing in their spiritual practice to Ramsgate".
"They were really vibrant people and I will be performing a song dedicated to them."
Ms Taylor added the event organisers aim to make it a "beautiful event dedicated" to the couple.
Heidi Moran, from Ramsgate Pride, told BBC she had not "processed" what had happened as she had spoken to Jamie and Fiongal's plans for Saturday's event before their death.
"They were passionate about promoting spirituality and they were keen to make a bigger wellbeing zone. They were really excited about Pride."
A representative for Ramsgate Pride paid tribute to the couple on social media, posting they were "absolutely heartbroken" over the "devastating loss" of Jamie and Fiongal.
"Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this tragic time."
Moments before the couple boarded the flight, they had posted a video of their stay in India.
Jamie grew up in Birmingham before moving to Liverpool when he was 12 and relocated to Coventry four years later.
Pattisons, where Jamie attended school from the age of 16, said they were "saddened" by his "tragic loss".
Air India confirmed there was only one survivor from the crash, which is one of the deadliest on record in terms of the number of British nationals killed.
Ramsgate Pride will hold the minute's silence for the couple at about 11:30 BST on Saturday.
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