A high-level multi-disciplinary panel, chaired by the home secretary, will hold a meeting on Monday, and the committee is expected to submit its report in three months. Civil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha said the investigation is going on smoothly into the Air India plane crash.

Mumbai, Jun 14: Javed Ali Syed, a manager at a London-based hotel, had come to India with his three family members to meet his ailing mother, but could not book a direct return flight from Mumbai and decided to reach the UK capital via Ahmedabad - a decision that turned fatal for them.

The government said the high-level panel aims to enhance safety protocols and prevent future disasters. A comprehensive report is expected in three months.

Britain's King Charles III will on Saturday lead a moment's silence in memory of the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane-crash victims after making amendments to his annual Trooping the Colour birthday parad.

In a heartbreaking turn of events, two young sisters in London have been orphaned after their father, Arjun Patoliya, perished in the Ahmedabad plane

Javed Ali Syed, a manager at a London-based hotel, had come to India with his three family members to meet his ailing mother, but could not book a direct return flight from Mumbai and decided to reach the UK capital via Ahmedabad – a decision that turned fatal for them.

The tragedy struck on June 12, 2025, when Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, bound for London. The flight issued a mayday call shortly after takeoff and crashed into a hospital hostel near the airport, bursting into flames on impact.