Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.

By Abhijith Ganapavaram, Aditya Kalra and Sudipto Ganguly AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) surveyed the site of Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people,

Tragedy struck this week when a plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad just shortly after takeoff, leaving investigators and aviation officials with many questions.

The flight was bound for England, where family and friends of some of the 241 victims on board, including 52 British nationals, were left searching for answers.

Air India directed to carry out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday declared a State of Emergency and activated the Missouri National Guard in anticipation of protests across the state. They thought he was doing a different kind of "cruising."

Turkey said its maintenance deal with Air India covers only Boeing 777 aircraft, not the 787-8 model involved in the Ahmedabad crash that killed 270.

A woman who missed the deadly Air India flight has opened up about what delayed her. She arrived 10 minutes late and was not allowed to board the flight.

Christian Scherer, the chief commercial officer at Airbus, reacted to the Air India tragedy ahead of the Paris Air Show.