Hundreds gathered in Mumbai today to honour Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the Air India pilot who has been hailed as a hero for limiting casualties on the ground during last week’s crash.Captain Sabharwal issued a mayday call to air traffic controllers moments after takeoff and residents on the ground have credited him with avoiding a large residential building that was directly on the flight path.

An Indian woman who had rescheduled her flight to surprise her husband on his birthday, tragically lost her life in the Air India crash. Her family mourned her.

The black boxes will provide cockpit conversations and data related to the plane’s engine and control settings to investigators and help them in determining the cause of the crash.

At least 270 people died when an Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. The sight of the plane's tail cone hanging from the burning building propelled Navin Chaudhary and fellow medical students into action.

At least 270 people were killed when an Air India flight crashed into a medical college campus in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off on Thursday.