The horrific crash of Air India Flight AI171 on Thursday, June 12, 2025, has left the nation in profound grief, with the confirmed death toll now sta

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

Boeing and GE, which provided the engines for the crashed Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, also sent teams to inspect the crash site near Ahmedabad International Airport

Indian investigators have recovered the digital flight data recorder or the black box of the Air India flight that crashed a day earlier.

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.

The only known surviving passenger was in seat 11A, next to an emergency exit, said Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer, adding that there could be more survivors in hospital.

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.

The London-bound plane struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 on board and at least 29 on the ground.

This video contains content some people might find distressing:: CCTV footage captures an Air India plane crash seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport:: June 12, 2025:: Ahmedabad, IndiaReuters was able to confirm the location from the buildings,

At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.