Turkey said its maintenance deal with Air India covers only Boeing 777 aircraft, not the 787-8 model involved in the Ahmedabad crash that killed 270.

An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad. Authorities fear no survivors.

King Charles III and other members of the royal family will wear black armbands and there will be a moment of silence during his annual birthday parade Saturday as the monarch commemorates those who died in this week’s Air India plane crash.

This comes nearly a month after a Turkish company managing operations at nine major Indian airports lost its security clearance, following Ankara's stance supporting Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.

open image in gallery Vishwash Kumar Ramesh told Indian media that he was on the Air India flight ... Mr Ramesh was in India for a few days to visit family but has lived in London with his wife ...

A couple who were killed in the Air India crash were the "foundation of our family", their granddaughters have said. All but one of the 242 people on board the London Gatwick-bound aircraft died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad,