Officials said they had found the cockpit voice recorder that may provide crucial clues about what caused the Air India flight to crash, killing at least 270 people.

A woman has come online to mourn her sister-in-law who lost her life in the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad and killed 241 people on board.

A London-bound passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff in India on Thursday, June 12. More than 240 people were on board, Air India confirmed in a post on X.

Air India flight makes precautionary return to Hong Kong as the airline mourns 241 victims of recent crash that left only one survivor.

Air India has faced numerous deadly incidents, including the recent crash of flight 171, which killed 241, and past tragedies like the 1985 bombing and 2020 crash.

An official expressed hope that the DNA profiling all the victims will be completed by either Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning.

The technical investigation into the crash of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick is being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

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