Cliff Notes – Mark Wright apologises for post about planes after deadly Air India crash
- Mark Wright deleted a post featuring a private jet after a tragic Air India crash claimed at least 260 lives, including 241 on board.
- He issued an apology, explaining that the post was scheduled in advance and was unintentionally shared on a day of mourning.
- The crash, which occurred shortly after take-off, has prompted an investigation by India’s Accident Investigation Bureau and international authorities.
Mark Wright apologises for post about planes after deadly Air India crash
Mark Wright has apologised for a ‘poor taste’ post about planes after at least 260 people were killed in a deadly plane crash today.
An Air India flight to Gatwick, which was carrying 242 passengers, including 53 British nationals, crashed just moments after take off in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday.
On the same day, Mark, 38, posted a picture of himself with his wife Michelle Keegan and their daughter posing in front of a private jet.
Writing beneath it, Mark said: ‘1 day babe, for now we’ll take row 26 with no extra leg room,’ as he complained about standard planes.
Underneath the original post several followers claimed it was ‘not appropriate’, with one writing: ‘Prob not the best day to post this when so many people lost their lives on a plane,’ the MailOnline reported.
Moments later, the former Only Way is Essex reality star removed the post from his page.
He then explained in a story: ‘I apologise for a post I just put up on my page after today’s heartbreaking events.
‘I have posts from a holiday that are on the scheduled setting, which go out on future days I have set them for which was done last week. It’s a horrendous coincidence that today’s post was on such a devastating day.
‘Once I logged in to my Instagram and realised the post had gone out, I immediately deleted. My heart goes out to everyone who has been effected from today. I’m sorry for this mistake and any offence caused.’
The London Gatwick-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner slammed into a doctors’ hostel, killing 241 out of 242 people on board and at least four medical students on the ground.
The distress signal was issued moments after take off but pilots did not respond to further contact from Air Traffic Control.
One British passenger, 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, is the only survivor after making a miracle escape from seat 11A.
He ‘managed to escape by jumping out the emergency door,’ local police said.
The cause of the crash is unclear. India’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has begun a formal investigation, with British and US investigators also dispatched to Ahmedabad.