Modi visited Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor out of 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed near the Ahmedabad airport shortly after takeoff yesterday, a video on his official YouTube channel showed. He also met with some of those who were injured when the plane crashed into a medical school dorm.

India saw one of the most tragic air disasters in recent aviation history; the Ahmedabad plane crash has left the entire nation in mourning. The heartbreaking incident, which resulted in the loss of over 280 lives,

All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off.

Critics of Boeing have long expressed criticisms of the 787 Dreamliner and the company's standards.

Air India flight AI171 crashed on Thursday - killing all but one of the 242 people onboard - and friends and relatives assistance centres have been created at London Gatwick and other airports

In the latest update, officials have found a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) from the debris of the plane that crashed in Ahmedabad yesterday. The DVR would also play a crucial role in expediting the investigation process by helping gather more information.

The black box of the Air India plane that crashed en route to Gatwick yesterday has been recovered. The sole survivor of the crash, a British national, has been visited by the Indian prime minister. Follow the latest here.

An Air India flight has been diverted due to a reported bomb threat just hours after one of its planes was in a fatal crash. Flight AI379 was diverted back to an airport in the southern island of Phuket,