London, Ont.'s South Asian community says it's standing united in its grief for victims of Thursday's deadly Air India plane crash in the Gujarati city of Ahmedabad, that has killed at least 270 people and injured dozens others.

Boeing executives, for the first time in a long while, were prepared to join in that hopefulness.

"She was bubbly, kind, always smiling – she had a way of putting people at ease and always took a genuine interest in their lives."