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

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 aircraft crash, a total of 135 of those killed have been identified and 101 of bodies have been handed over to the nearest kin including those from Maharashtra, Patna and Rajasthan.

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.

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad say their first reaction was to help treat the injured.

In the aftermath of the devastating Air India crash that shook the nation, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Monday confirmed that DNA identification of 125 victims has been successfully completed,

The mortal remains of Gujarat's former chief minister Vijay Rupani, who was one of the victims of the deadly air crash in Ahmedabad, were handed over to his family members on Monday. His remains were then brought to Rajkot, his hometown, for the last rites.

Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who perished in an Air India crash, was cremated with state honors in Rajkot. Union Home Minister Amit Shah led tributes, and a massive crowd gathered for the funeral procession.

LONDON and DELHI -- An Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members en route to the United Kingdom crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Thursday, leaving 246 dead and at least one surviving passenger, local officials and the airline said.

Indian investigators have recovered the digital flight data recorder or the black box of the Air India flight that crashed a day earlier.

Tragedy struck earlier this week when Flight AI171, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed less than a minute after takeoff from Ahmedabad, in India’s western state of Gujarat There was only one survivor from the 242 onboard,