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| Vigil for Portsmouth QA Hospital nurse who died in Air India crash | Vigil for Portsmouth QA Hospital nurse who died in Air India crash |
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| Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair was planning to move back to India to be reunited with her two children, her family said | Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair was planning to move back to India to be reunited with her two children, her family said |
| A vigil has been held for a "kind and compassionate" nurse who died in the Air India plane crash on Thursday. | A vigil has been held for a "kind and compassionate" nurse who died in the Air India plane crash on Thursday. |
| Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair had recently resigned from her job at Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra (QA) Hospital and travelled to India to submit documents for a nursing post in Kerala, where she planned to move back to. | Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair had recently resigned from her job at Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra (QA) Hospital and travelled to India to submit documents for a nursing post in Kerala, where she planned to move back to. |
| A vigil was held for her at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, as part of a sports day event organised by the Union of UK Malayalee Associations (UUKMA) - which friends said Ms Renjitha had been hoping to attend. | A vigil was held for her at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, as part of a sports day event organised by the Union of UK Malayalee Associations (UUKMA) - which friends said Ms Renjitha had been hoping to attend. |
| Leena Furtado, who worked with her at the QA Hospital, said she was "very kind and humble" and her death was "the biggest loss". | Leena Furtado, who worked with her at the QA Hospital, said she was "very kind and humble" and her death was "the biggest loss". |
| "Once you meet Renjitha, there is no way you will forget her," she said. | "Once you meet Renjitha, there is no way you will forget her," she said. |
| "She was a very humble person with a smile on her face all the time." | "She was a very humble person with a smile on her face all the time." |
| Ms Furtado said Ms Renjitha was always smiling | Ms Furtado said Ms Renjitha was always smiling |
| She said there were "no words" to express the loss. | She said there were "no words" to express the loss. |
| "When we heard the news, and when we saw it's her name especially, it was heart-breaking," she said. | "When we heard the news, and when we saw it's her name especially, it was heart-breaking," she said. |
| "[We] can't express what it is we're feeling." | "[We] can't express what it is we're feeling." |
| Ms Renjitha was "always respectful and warm", Eldhose Mathew said | Ms Renjitha was "always respectful and warm", Eldhose Mathew said |
| Eldhose Mathew, who ran a shop where Ms Renjitha was a regular customer, said her death was "unbelievable". | Eldhose Mathew, who ran a shop where Ms Renjitha was a regular customer, said her death was "unbelievable". |
| "She was not just a customer - she was just like family," he said. | "She was not just a customer - she was just like family," he said. |
| "She always came into the shop with a very good smile, and always was respectful and warm." | "She always came into the shop with a very good smile, and always was respectful and warm." |
| In a eulogy read out at the event, Ms Renjitha's death was described as leaving "a deep void" in the community. | In a eulogy read out at the event, Ms Renjitha's death was described as leaving "a deep void" in the community. |
| "[She was] a shining light in our community - a gentle soul whose warmth, kindness and humble presence touched many lives," it read. | "[She was] a shining light in our community - a gentle soul whose warmth, kindness and humble presence touched many lives," it read. |
| "She carried with her the spirit of Kerala while building a life in the United Kingdom. | "She carried with her the spirit of Kerala while building a life in the United Kingdom. |
| "[Her] life though brief, was full of meaning and love." | "[Her] life though brief, was full of meaning and love." |
| A eulogy was read out at the event | A eulogy was read out at the event |
| All but one of the London-bound plane's 242 passengers and crew members died when it crashed in a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off on Thursday. | All but one of the London-bound plane's 242 passengers and crew members died when it crashed in a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off on Thursday. |
| UUKMA's president, Eby Sebastian, said Ms Renjitha had an elderly mother, as well as a daughter aged about 12, and a son, who was about 15. | |
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