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

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.

On June 12, 2025, Air India Flight 171 crashed near Ahmedabad, killing 241 of 242 aboard. The last message from the cockpit was, ‘Thrust not achieved... falling... Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!’

The teenager who filmed the Air India crash has said he would not ‘sit on a plane’ again after witnessing the disaster. Aryan Ansari, 17, was standing on a terrace of a three-storey building to film the Boeing 787 on his phone as it left Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon, in order to show his friends ‘how planes fly.’

A 28-year-old student who was visiting western India says she missed her Air India flight​ back to London. That flight was AI171​, which crashed shortly after takeoff.

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

The UK has set up a "reception centre" in a hotel near Ahmedabad airport to provide support and advice for the families and friends of British nationals following the Air India plane crash on June 12,

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu may address the media at 1.30 pm on Saturday, two days after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad claimed over 240 lives.