The Gujarat government will hold a state funeral for former CM Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Monday, coinciding with a day of state mourning.

The death toll due to the Ahmedabad plane crash has reportedly crossed the 270 mark after several students of the BJ Medical College died as the Air India plane crashed there. The AI-171 plane turned into a fireball,

PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an official statement, confirmed that a second black box has been recovered from the Ahmedabad plane crash site.

A woman headed to Ahmedabad airport missed her London-bound Air India flight by 10 minutes due to traffic. But the "angering" and "disappointing" delay did save her life as the plane crashed shortly after take-off,

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

The committee is expected to focus on "formulating Standard Operating Procedures for preventing such occurrences in the future". A separate investigation is also being carried out by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is looking into the technical aspects of the crash.

Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare expressed sorrow over the death of her relative, who was killed in the tragic Air India plane crash, and recalled having reflections with her on the unpredictability of life.