The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after take off on Thursday in what is one of the deadliest plane accidents in terms of the number of British nationals killed. It struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

One man, Chirag Mahesh Patel, recalled the last chat he had with his mother, Manju, before she boarded the ill-fated Air India flight that killed 241 passengers.

Boeing was generating optimism. Then on Thursday a 787 crashed, raising the specter of fresh problems for Boeing and altering the message it planned to send.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Air India pilot’s last words moments before aircraft crashed to the ground revealed - The Gatwick-bound flight crashed and killed 241 people on board shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad

An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.