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.

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,

While the official investigation is ongoing, preliminary video footage and expert reviews have highlighted several main theories.

Following a recent fatal Dreamliner crash, Air India's Ahmedabad to London flight AI159 was cancelled due to a technical issue detected before departure. This cancellation occurred as the airline grapples with multiple technical problems across its fleet,

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.

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,