The death toll in the deadly Air India plane crash rose to 270 on Saturday, with families increasingly getting upset due to delays in handing over bodies which were badly charred in the tragedy in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

Air India and Air India Express will discontinue flight number '171' following the fatal crash of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on Thursday, which resulted in 241 fatalities. The aircraft was on its route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick when it crashed shortly after takeoff.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.