A mother who died in the Air India plane crash had been reluctant to travel and feared leaving her young son behind for the first time, a colleague has said. Abdhiben Patel, known as Abdhi, was killed when flight AI171 crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Families of the victims of the Air India crash gathered in Ahmedabad to receive the bodies of their loved ones from medical officials. Some spoke of the difficulties of planning formal burials, having to wait days to receive victims' remains.

The horrific crash of Air India Flight AI171 on Thursday, June 12, 2025, has left the nation in profound grief, with the confirmed death toll now sta

India said that 8 of the 34 Boeing Co. 787 planes in the country have been inspected following the fatal crash of an Air India 787 Dreamliner on Thursday that killed all but one of the 242 people on board.