Narendra Modi visits Air India crash site as investigation gets under way
The country’s worst civil aviation disaster in almost three decades claims more than 200 lives
The country’s worst civil aviation disaster in almost three decades claims more than 200 lives

Huge expansion of airports and infrastructure has created need for stronger oversight and more staff, analysts say

Airline was more than halfway into a post-privatisation turnaround when tragedy struck

Plane carrying 242 people crashed in Ahmedabad

Plane came down in western India shortly after take-off

Cause of incident involving 787-8 aircraft is unknown but could deal a blow to chief executive Kelly Ortberg’s strategy

Preliminary results from investigation could take a month, cautions N Chandrasekaran