The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat,

Viswashkumar Ramesh was on his way home to London when tragedy struck. In hospital interviews, he explains how he made his way out of seat 11A — which isn't typically the safest part of the plane.

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

Boeing's CEO pulled out of the Paris Air Show following the Air India crash, which has set a somber mood for the aviation and defense event at Le Bourget.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, along with other ministers, participated in the handover of Rupani's remains to his family.

A newly engaged couple were among the nearly 300 people who died on June 12 when Air India Flight AI-171 crashed just seconds after takeoff. Hardik Avaiya, 27, and Vibhooti Patel, 28, were traveling back to their home in England after celebrating their engagement with their families and friends when they were killed in the tragic incident.

A mother who died in the Air India plane crash had been reluctant to travel and feared leaving her young son behind for the first time, a colleague has said.Abdhiben Patel, known as Abdhi, was killed when flight AI171 crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday.