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

An Air India passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India on Thursday. More than 240 people were on board the flight when it was involved in what the airline called a "tragic accident".

A high-level committee is set to convene today to investigate the recent Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 241 passengers and injured many others on the ground. The panel aims to analyse existing safety procedures and recommend new guidelines to prevent future tragedies.

Air India has confirmed that one passenger survived Thursday's airplane crash, which had 242 passengers and crew members on board.

Air India flight 171 crashed on a building minutes after takeoff near the airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

Gatwick Airport have issued a statement following the devastating Air India plane crash earlier today in India

Seven people have died in a helicopter crash in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. According to the BBC, a helicopter carrying visitors to a number of Hindu religious pilgrimage sites in the Himalayan mountains crashed on Sunday, June 15, during what would have been a 10-minute flight.

Only one passenger has reportedly survived after a plane bound for Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after take-off in India. The Air India aircraft departed from Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat state with more than 240 people on board,

An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said.

The mood was sombre as people learned of the crash in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.