India, June 15 -- The last memories are now frozen on mobile phone screens. One mother recalls her son smiling during a brief video call; another treasures a photo he sent from inside an aircraft before an IAF plane crash in Assam killed five personnel, including their sons.

Flight Lieutenant Shubham Kumar from Bihar's Jehanabad and Agniveervayu Danish Alam of Bhojpur were among those killed in the Antonov An-32 transport aircraft crash on Saturday. The phones that carried cheerful video calls and photographs on Saturday morning soon delivered devastating news.

According to family members, the flight lieutenant had spoken to his mother in Banwariya village via video call around 9 am on Saturday.

"Kumar looked cheerful and normal. He sa...