An Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff killed 274 people, including passengers, crew, and residents on the ground.

Shortly after the crash, Air India issued a statement confirming the incident and later added that 241 out of the 242 people aboard the ill-fated plane were confirmed dead. There is only one person who has survived the crash and is currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,

Zeenat Aman shared her grief on Instagram, reflecting on her emotional experience aboard an Air India flight shortly after the Ahmedabad plane crash tragedy.

He said there could be many other possibilities for the crash such as fuel contamination, and glitches in software and control systems

While investigations are ongoing, Sameer Sinha, Secretary of Ministry Civil Aviation told media on Saturday, June 14 that the flight (AI-171) did not face any challenges in its previous trip from Paris to Delhi and Delhi to Ahmedabad,

King Charles III paused his birthday parade, Trooping the Colour, to honor the victims of the recent Air India plane crash. He wore a black armband and observed a minute's silence as a mark of respect for the lives lost and the communities affected by the tragedy.