Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight, a key step in uncovering what caused last week's deadly accident. The London-bound Air India aircraft,

India’s government is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after a devastating Air India crash that claimed at least 270 lives this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding that the authorities were investigating all possible causes.

Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.

Officials said they had found the cockpit voice recorder that may provide crucial clues about what caused the Air India flight to crash, killing at least 270 people.

Boeing's CEO pulled out of the Paris Air Show following the Air India crash, which has set a somber mood for the aviation and defense event at Le Bourget.

Owen Jackson, from Saffron Waldon, Essex was on a work trip and needed to stay in India longer than planned so never boarded the plane that crashed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Thursday. The businessman changed to a flight leaving on Saturday – which would have been the same aircraft – and in a strange coincidence, was booked onto seat 11A.

The devastating crash claimed the lives of 241 passengers on board and a further 38 people on the ground - and a commercial pilot now believes they have discovered the cause