An Air India Boeing 787-8 flight headed for New Delhi returned to Hong Kong shortly after takeoff Monday because of a "technical issue," Indian media reported.

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad say their first reaction was to help treat the injured.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Stephanie Pope, met the chairman of Air India on Monday in India, two sources said, as the companies seek to find the cause of last week's fatal crash involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Tragedy struck this week when a plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad just shortly after takeoff, leaving investigators and aviation officials with many questions.

A woman who died in the Air India Flight AI171 crash did not want to leave her 8-year-old son before she went on a weeks-long trip to India, her colleague said.

Air India's Chairman N. Chandrasekaran on Monday told staff that last week's plane crash that killed at least 271 people should be a catalyst to build a safer airline, urging employees to stay resolute amid any criticism.

Investigators could be a step closer to unravelling the mystery of the tragic Air India Flight 171 disaster, with a vitally important tool pulled from the rubble set to help the team piece together th

Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the wreckage of the Air India flight that tragically crashed just seconds after takeoff last week, killing 274 people, including 33 residents on the ground.