Air India plane crash investigators find the first of the "black boxes" from the Boeing 787-8 that slammed into buildings, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

An Air India plane crashed into a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing people on the ground and leaving a sole survivor on the flight. Authorities said 269 died.

On June 12, as news emerged that an Air India flight bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, a video ( archived) circulated online claiming to authentically show the final moments before the crash from inside the cabin.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Por SHONAL GANGULY, RAJESH ROY y AIJAZ HUSSAINAHMEDABAD, India (AP) — La Oficina de Investigación de Accidentes de Aeronaves de India recuperado el registrador de datos de vuelo

Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport - so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London Gatwick by just 10 minutes. Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol with her husband, had been visiting western India for a holiday.

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Lunch break at a doctors' hostel in India's Ahmedabad turned fatal for many in the dining area when parts of an Air India aircraft crashed through its roof as the plane hurtled to the ground moments after takeoff, killing more than 240 people.

The deadly crash of an Air India flight carrying more than 240 people on Thursday arrives after years of attempts to turn around the country’s flag carrier — which had been plagued by tragedy and financial losses under prior state ownership.