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

International agencies assist India's AAIB in investigating Air India crash; black box data analysis underway.

Air India has confirmed that 241 people, including 52 British nationals who were on board the flight, were killed in the crash.

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.

Seven people including a toddler were killed Sunday in India when a helicopter ferrying Hindu pilgrims from a shrine crashed in the Himalayas, officials said. The fatal accident comes as relatives mourn at least 279 people killed when a passenger plane slammed into a residential area in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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

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Air India Flight 171 crashed into a hostel near Ahmedabad airport after a failed take-off. The pilot's distress call, reporting a lack of thrust, was the last communication received. Investigators suspect insufficient thrust caused the Boeing Dreamliner to overshoot the runway.