The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

A loss of engine power is increasingly being seen as the most probable cause of the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad that killed more than 270 people on Thursday.Video footage and preliminary findings suggest that the aircraft failed to gain altitude,

CM Vijay Rupani was given a 21-gun salute. Home Minister Amit Shah also attended the funeral, which was held at Rajkot, Gujarat on Monday.Vijay Rupani was one of the 242 people on board the ill-fated Air India AI171 aircraft,

Authorities have confirmed that 144 DNA samples have been successfully matched as of noon Tuesday, according to Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

After an Air India plane with over 242 passengers onboard crashed on Thursday, the Gujarat ATS has recovered a DVR from the debris of the plane site.

Rupani was among the 242 people aboard the doomed Flight AI171 that took off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12 and was en route to London's Gatwick airport. The BJP leader was on his way to meet his daughter in the British capital.

A total of 32 DNAs have been identified so far and 14 bodies have been handed over to their respective family members

Gujarat has declared a one-day state mourning on June 16 for former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who passed away in the deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad