STORY: Daylight revealed the wreckage in India's western Ahmedabad on Saturday (June 14) morning, as authorities launched an investigation into the crash of an Air India plane, the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.

The investigation into the Air India Flight AI 171 crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday (June 13), as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline's entire Boeing-787 fleet.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for Gatwick Airport south of London began losing height moments after take-off over a residential area of the western city of Ahmedabad and erupted in a huge fireball as it hit buildings below, CCTV footage showed.

Only one passenger survived and local media reported that as many as 24 people on the ground were also killed as the plane crashed onto a medical college hostel during the lunch hour. Reuters could not immediately verify the number.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA (JUNE 14, 2025) (ANI - No use India)

1. VARIOUS OF TAIL FIN OF AIR INDIA PLANE

2. SCORCHED SIDE OF HOSTEL BUILDING

3. WIDE VIEW OF WRECKAGE