The pilot of the doomed Air India flight is said to have "saved dozens of lives" due to his final decision before the plane struck a residential area. A total of 270 bodies have since been recovered following the horror crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday,

Authorities investigating the Air India AI-171 plane crash have both black boxes, meaning we can unravel the final seconds and understand why the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed.

Air India flight AI315, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, left Hong Kong for Delhi before quickly returning to its origin as a precautionary measure following Thursday's crash

An Air India pilot turned back his Delhi-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to Hong Kong airport as a precaution shortly after taking off on Monday, citing a technical issue, Indian media reported. Flight tracking data showed the pilot turning Flight AI315 around less than 30 minutes into the flight from Hong Kong.

Boeing was generating optimism. Then on Thursday a 787 crashed, raising the specter of fresh problems for Boeing and altering the message it planned to send.

King Charles III and other members of the royal family will wear black armbands and there will be a moment of silence during his annual birthday parade Saturday as the monarch commemorates those who died in this week’s Air India plane crash.

All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off.