The victims identified so far were from different places in Gujarat and Rajasthan. A total of 241 passengers and crew on board were killed in the tragedy besides 29, including 5 MBBS students, on the ground in Meghaninagar area.

Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Sunday said that the DNA of 45 deceased have been matched with their relatives, and confirmed that the death toll in the Ahmedabad plane crash stands at 274.

Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India's worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state,

Flight AI171 had just lifted off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport when disaster struck. At 13:38 IST, CCTV footage shows the aircraft becoming airborne—only to crash just 32 seconds later into a hostel building on the BJ Medical College campus in Meghaninagar, barely a kilometre from the runway.

The Gujarat government will observe state mourning on Monday for former CM Vijay Rupani, who died in the Ahmedabad Air India crash. His funeral will be held in Rajkot. The crash has claimed 270 lives so far.

The heartbreaking Air India tragedy has left two young children without parents after their dad, Arjun Patoliya, 37, was killed in the crash. Just 18 days earlier, their mum, Bharti, died following a courageous battle with cancer. A GoFundMe page set up to support the orphaned girls, aged four and eight, has already raised over £370,000.

New Delhi: Hours after the catastrophic crash of Air India flight AI-171 near Ahmedabad, Union Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Gujarat to take stock of the situation. The crash, which claimed the lives of nearly all 242 onboard, including 230 passengers ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the Ahmedabad crash site of Air India flight AI171 and personally inspected the area on foot. Captured by news cameras, PM Modi was seen walking about 10 steps towards the entrance gate of the compound wall,