The high-level panel aims to enhance safety protocols and prevent future disasters, with a comprehensive report expected in three months, the government said.

Xi Jinping President of China sent his condolences to PM Modi after Air India's flight crash, reported Bloomberg. He also sent condolences to UK King.The crash of Air India flight AI 171 on Thursday raises a conflicting questions ahead for the families of victims—what kind of legal remedies can they avail now?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and met with Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the lone person to miraculously survive the Air India plane crash a day ago in which all the other 241 passengers died.