Untouched plates, debris, wailing relatives: Aftermath of Air India plane crash | In Pics

The Ahmedabad plane crash tragedy on June 12 claimed the lives of nearly 270 persons, including those aboard the aircraft and those present on the ground. ...read more

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Air India AI171 Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner aircraft crashed into the hostel complex of the BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar area near Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport on June 12 and turned into a ball of flames.(PTI)

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The Gatwick-bound flight was carrying 242 people, including passengers and crew. Of them, only one person survived. The remaining 241 people lost their lives to the devastating tragedy. (Reuters)

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While 241 persons aboard the Air India airliner died in the crash, some of the medical students who were at lunch in the medical college hostel complex also lost their lives. In a heartbreaking visual, their uneaten plates were seen lying on the mess table. (Reuters)

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The massive airliner of the Tata group-owned Air India caused massive damage to the hostel complex of the BJ medical college. Authorities and rescuers were seen clearing out the plane debris and looking for any possible bodies at the site.(PTI)

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A day after the tragic crash, authorities recovered the black box of the Boeing aircraft from the rooftop of the hostel building the plane plummeted into. The tool will help ascertain what happened in the moments leading up to the crash.(Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

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A high-level committee was formed on Saturday to probe the Air India plane crash, with the panel's report due within three months. The committee will be headed by the home secretary.(Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

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Relatives of the Ahmedabad plane crash victims were present at the site on Saturday, grieving at the loss of their loved ones. People lost their sons, daughters, parents, partners, grandparents, and friends to the terrifying crash of the Boeing aircraft. (AP)

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The death toll in the Ahmedabad plane crash stood at 270 on Saturday. This includes the 241 persons aboard the Air India AI171 plane and over 20 others, who were present on the ground at the time of the tragedy. (PTI)

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As operations to remove debris and find any other possible body at the crash site took place, the civil aviation ministry revealed that exactly a minute after the Air India pilot sent out a Mayday call, the aircraft crashed in Medhani Nagar.(Reuters)

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While one more body was found under the tail of Air India's Boeing airliner, local NGO workers also rescued dogs trapped under the debris, in and around the plane crash site. (ANI)