Overview

• Flight AI171 issued a final ‘Mayday’ call reporting no thrust and inability to climb seconds after takeoff on June 12
• The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plunged into the Meghani Nagar area, killing 241 of the 242 people on board
• AAIB investigators have retrieved the black boxes and enlisted US and UK experts to examine flight data and cockpit recordings
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site and Ahmedabad Civil Hospital to meet survivors and oversee relief efforts
• British passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the sole survivor as recovery teams continue to retrieve victims’ remains