Kerala couples among 15 Indians on Kenyan airliner

KOCHI/ NEW DELHI: Two Kerala couples were coming to India to be with their children, one to attend the son's marriage and another for a reunion.

And their relatives are hoping for a miracle as the two elderly couples are among the 15 Indians who were on board the Kenyan airliner carrying 114 passengers that crashed in Cameroon.

The list of Indian passengers released by the Indian High Commission in Nairobi on Sunday indicated that another three passengers could be from a third Indian family in the ill-fated aircraft.

They were identified as B Madhusudhan, Bhagya Madhusudhan and Ms Poojitha Madhusudhan.

George Joseph Kocherry (59) and his wife Maria Joseph (55) hailing from Fort Kochi were to reach Kerala to attend their son Vipin's wedding scheduled for May 20 and for their housewarming, George Joseph's brother said.

Joseph left for Kenya two years back.

Kevin Joseph Niglie (55) and his school teacher wife Sherly Niglie(52), now settled in Ivory Coast,  left for Cameroon two years back and were coming to India to visit their children in Bangalore.