"Thrust not achieved, falling, communication line during this transmission very weak, Mayday" — these were the final words transmitted by the Air India pilot to Air Traffic Control at Ahmedabad airport,

Close-up footage shows an emergency door flying through the air from Air India that allowed one passenger to escape and live.

MHA explained the process related to the exit permit and clarified that due procedure was followed in granting the permit to the passenger

According to early visual analysis, the Dreamliner failed to follow normal flight configuration shortly after liftoff

The doomed Air India Flight 171 flight crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, killing all 241 passengers on board as well as several people on the ground.

The Centre confirmed that Air India flight AI171 lost contact with ATC before crashing, with the pilots' final message being 'Mayday'. A high-level panel was formed to investigate the crash, the Centre informed.

Air India has said some long-haul flights may face delays as DGCA-mandated safety inspections begin on its Boeing 787 fleet, following extended surveillance ordered in the wake of the Ahmedabad plane crash.

A black box has been found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India's civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu confirmed.