Investigators have now recovered the cockpit voice recorder from last week’s devastating Air India crash and will analyse the pilots’ final words to help determine what caused the disaster that killed more than 270 people.

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

At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived. At least 29 others on the ground, including five medical students inside the hostel, were also killed.

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's body arrived in Mumbai. He was a pilot on the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad. Families are receiving remains of crash victims after DNA matching. A memorial service occurred in London.

Air India plane crash investigators find the first of the "black boxes" from the Boeing 787-8 that slammed into buildings, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

On June 12, as news emerged that an Air India flight bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, a video ( archived) circulated online claiming to authentically show the final moments before the crash from inside the cabin.

The plane, which was headed to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after taking off. More than 200 bodies have been recovered.

The Air India Flight AI171 was bound for Gatwick when it crashed into a civilian area shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport

Filmmaker Mahesh Kalawadia has been missing since the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12th. He was last seen near the crash site, and his phone was switched off shortly after the plane took off.