6月12日，一架印度航空公司的波音787客機從印度西部古吉拉特邦起飛后墜毀，不僅奪走機上241人生命，還波及地面，造成至少265人死亡。

在遇難者中，有一個家庭的故事在網絡上廣泛傳播，令無數人為之心碎。

這趟航班本該是這一家開啟新生活的起點，卻變成了永遠的終點……

Just hours before a devastating tragedy struck, a smiling selfie captured a moment of hope, love, and new beginnings.

就在一場毀滅性悲劇發生的數小時前，一張洋溢著笑容的自拍照定格了希望、愛與嶄新開始的瞬間。

In that photograph — now frozen in time — Dr Pratik Joshi, his wife Dr Komi Vyas, and their three young children sat aboard Air India flight AI-171, ready to begin a new life together in London.

這張被時間定格的照片里，普拉提克·喬希醫生與妻子科米·維亞斯醫生帶著他們三個年幼的孩子，正坐在印度航空AI-171航班上，準備開啟倫敦的新生活。

Minutes later, the aircraft plunged into a residential neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, claiming the lives of all five family members.

然而數分鐘后，這架客機墜毀在艾哈邁達巴德的一處居民區，奪走了這一家五口的生命。

圖源：路透社

普拉提克·喬希（Prateek Joshi）是一名醫生，已經在英國生活了多年。

喬希最初前往英國是為了深造，很快他在英國就有了穩定的工作和生活。

多年來，喬希一直夢想著將妻子科米·維亞斯（Komi Vyas）和三個年幼的孩子接到英國，從此家人團聚，共同開啟新生活。

Dr Joshi, a medical professional, lived in London for over six years, initially going there for higher studies. He soon established himself and decided to reunite his family abroad.

今年，喬希的夢想終于即將成真！

妻子科米也是一位醫生，她兩天前辭去了在印度烏代布爾醫院的工作，賣掉了在印度的房子，準備好一切與丈夫定居英國。

他們8歲的女兒米拉亞（Miraya）和5歲的雙胞胎兒子納庫爾（Nakul）與普拉迪尤特（Pradyut）對即將到來的新生活興奮不已。

His wife, Dr Komi Vyas, a respected physician at Pacific Hospital in Udaipur, had resigned from her job just two days before the journey, ready to relocate and reunite the family for good. Their children—twin boys Nakul and Pradyut, aged five, and daughter Miraya, eight—were excited for their new life abroad.

喬希本周專程返回印度，陪伴家人一起踏上這趟“夢想航班”。

Dr Joshi had returned to Banswara in Rajasthan earlier this week to take the family with him.

一家五口滿心期待。飛機上，喬希用手機拍下了一張自拍：他和科米并肩微笑，孩子們坐在過道對面，臉上寫滿了開心與興奮。

The selfie, taken by Dr Joshi on the ill-fated aircraft, shows him and his wife seated on one side, smiling, and their young twin boys and elder daughter sitting across the aisle. The boys try their hardest to smile for the camera, while their elder sister beams.

這張照片原本是幸福新篇章的見證，卻在空難發生后，成為他們生命最后的定格。

據報道，喬希醫生的父親在烏代布爾經營一家超聲診所，母親同樣是醫務工作者。這一家人不僅因事業成功受人尊敬，更因謙遜、溫暖和深厚家風廣受敬仰。

Dr Joshi's father, JP Joshi, runs a sonography centre in Udaipur, and his mother Dr Anita Joshi also served in the medical profession. The family was widely admired — not just for their success — but for their humility, warmth and deeply rooted values.

一位熟悉他們家庭的朋友在接受采訪時表示：“整個小鎮都在哀悼。這是一對溫暖而有理想的夫妻，他們希望給孩子們最好的未來?！?/p>

"The entire town is grieving," said a close family friend, adding that they were a warm, progressive couple who wanted the best for their children.

這場事故的原因尚在調查中。盡管航空公司承諾為遇難者家屬提供賠償，但這無法彌補失去至親的深重悲痛。

生命無常，愿逝者安息，愿生者堅強。

編輯：左卓

實習生：趙苑如

來源：印度時報 NDTV 經濟時報

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