The Gujarat government will hold a state funeral for former CM Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Monday, coinciding with a day of state mourning.

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

The death toll due to the Ahmedabad plane crash has reportedly crossed the 270 mark after several students of the BJ Medical College died as the Air India plane crashed there. The AI-171 plane turned into a fireball,

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

More than 290 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

Three days after flight AI 171 crashed, a total of 80 DNA samples have been matched and 33 bodies handed over to the families, Additional Medical Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, Dr Rajnish Patel said Sunday.

The bodies of the 274 victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, who have been identified, are set to be handed over to their families by the Gujarat government on Sunday, sources said.

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

In a significant development related to the Ahmedabad plane crash, authorities have successfully matched the DNA of 31 victims. So far, 12 of the identified bodies have been handed over to their respective families.

In the aftermath of the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad, the district administration has taken significant steps to ensure that the legal heirs of those killed receive timely insurance and claim-related support.

While family and relatives of the victims who lost their lives in the Ahmedabad plane crash are constantly travelling to Ahmedabad, airlines are seeing it as an opportunity to earn profits as airfares for flights to and from Ahmedabad have increased to more than a whopping 500%.