It could take months to fully understand what went wrong in the crash, the first involving a Dreamliner. Officials from India continued the investigation Friday.

Elcina Alpesh Makwana was on a trip to India to visit her parents and receive dental treatment when the disaster struck (Picture: Tim Clarke) The body of the first British victim of Air India Flight 171 has been returned by officials to her family.

Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India's worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state,

Based on images of the Air India crash that killed over 200 people in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, experts predicted a difficult recovery and investigation operation exacerbated by the risks of unstable structures and gas leaks.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner — with 242 people on board crashed into a medical college complex in the Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the airport on Thursday afternoon.

PK Mishra chaired a high-level review meeting at the Circuit House, where he held discussions with senior officials from the Central and state governments, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB),

More details about Air India flight crew’s final mayday call have come to light as crash investigators continue to gather evidence.

High-level committee to investigate Ahmedabad plane crash, focusing on prevention procedures, with separate technical investigation by AAIB.