Here is a list of the deadliest plane disasters in the 21st century, excluding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 were killed, including 193 Dutch nationals.

Search and recovery teams continue to search the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day.

With all eyes on the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, aviation insiders say that in an air catastrophe, “all bets are off” and seat choice matters little.

A "much-loved" nurse who had two children has been named as a victim of the Air India plane crash. Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair had just resigned from her job in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and was finalising a permanent move back home to India, her family said.