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U.S. Investigators Arrive at Scene of Plane Crash in India

Officials said they had found the cockpit voice recorder that may provide crucial clues about what caused the Air India flight to crash, killing at least 270 people.

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The crash site in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday. The recorders could hold information about what happened leading up to the disaster.

Heat of Air India Crash Hinders DNA Identification, Agonizing Relatives

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

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Family members mourn at the funeral on Sunday for Shubham Modi and Shagun Modi, who were killed during the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Data Recorder Is Found for Air India Plane That Crashed

The flight data recorder has been recovered and should shed some light on the cause of the disaster, which killed at least 270 people.

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Investigators at the crash site of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.

Lives Lost in India Crash: Expectant Grandparents, a Boy Selling Tea

At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.

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Grieving Relatives of India Air Crash Victims Wait for Bodies to Be Identified

Families lined up for hours to give DNA samples so the authorities could match names to victims of Thursday’s crash, which killed at least 269 people.

Relatives of Akash Patni, a tea-stall worker who died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad, mourned near the hospital center where health workers are trying to identify the bodies.

Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

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The tail of an Air India plane after it crashed into a medical school shortly after takeoff near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

Air India’s New Owners, the Tata Group, Have Been Trying to Upgrade and Expand the Carrier

The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

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Air India planes on the tarmac at the airport in Mumbai, India, in 2023.
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