An Air India plane bound for London Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after take-off on June 12 in Ahmedabad, western India. Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons,

Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.

The harrowing incident saw the London-bound Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plunge into a residential area in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, killing 241 passengers on board and another 38 people on the ground. Now, commercial airline pilot and crash analyst Steve Schreiber has pointed to fresh footage as a key breakthrough in understanding what went wrong.

Iran conflict are casting a shadow over what was supposed to be a relatively upbeat Paris Air Show. Air India Flight 171 was the first-ever deadly crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Stephanie Pope,

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Air India and Boeing are in the midst of significant turnarounds, but knowing the cause of the crash of Flight 171 will take a lengthy investigation.

Boeing was generating optimism. Then on Thursday a 787 crashed, raising the specter of fresh problems for Boeing and altering the message it planned to send.

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) surveyed the site of Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people, sources said on Sunday, with families continuing to wait for DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies.