Captain Sumit Sabharwal's chilling final message before Air India Flight 171 crashed reveals haunting moments before tragedy.

While family and relatives of the victims who lost their lives in the Ahmedabad plane crash are constantly travelling to Ahmedabad, airlines are seeing it as an opportunity to earn profits as airfares for flights to and from Ahmedabad have increased to more than a whopping 500%.

Two female cabin crew members who died in the horror Air India Flight 171 crash have been pictured for the first time - all 12 crew members on the doomed plane were tragically killed

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson announces new compensation for families after Flight AI-171 crash kills 241, leaving one survivor.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu may address the media at 1.30 pm on Saturday, two days after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad claimed over 240 lives.

The doomed Air India Flight 171 flight crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, killing all 241 passengers on board as well as several people on the ground.

Air India investigators have made a major discovery in their search for answers as to what happened to flight AI 171, which crashed on takeoff from Ahmadabad

The pilots of London-bound Air India flight AI-171, which crashed within a seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad aiport - sent a final distress call Air Traffic Control at 1.39 pm, the Aviation Ministry said on Saturday (14 June). Officials said the crew made the distress call to ATC after the aircraft couldn’t climb past 650 feet.