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.

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The Ministry of Civil Aviation stated that the panel will examine the circumstances surrounding the crash and review the current Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and safety protocols in effect.

Indian investigators have recovered a second black box from the wreckage of the Air India flight as they continued combing the debris for evidence.The flight data recorder was found just hours after the first black box was discovered.

AHMEDABAD, India >> The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline’s entire Boeing-787 fleet.

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.