<figure style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: inherit; Times New Roman"; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><div data-component="image-block" style="margin: 0px auto 24px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;  vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; gap: 16px; width: 932px;"><div data-testid="hero-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: 0;  font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/706b/live/b5c3ada0-47b8-11f0-84b6-6bf0f66205f1.png.webp 1536w" src="https://egroup-infocenter-test.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/resources/organizations/e50f9329bccc4193b0c6236f5c862d3f/files/CMS_BLOG/NORMAL/pasted-image_20250613111935057.png" alt="BBC A graphic showing the Boeing 737-8 Dreamliner that crashed on Thursday. It is shown in flight and imposed over the BBC Verify colours. " style="padding: 0px; border: 0px; width: 932px; object-fit: contain;" class="fr-fic fr-dii"><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 4px 8px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: 14px; BBC Reith Sans", BBCReithSans-fallback, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; color: rgb(230, 232, 234); position: absolute; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; gap: 10px; background-color: rgb(32, 34, 36); text-transform: none; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: -0.12px;'>BBC</span></div></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" style='margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: inherit; Times New Roman"; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; gap: 16px; width: 722px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><p style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: 26px; BBC Reith Serif", BBCReithSerif-fallback, serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(32, 34, 36); text-transform: none; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: -0.36px;'>What exactly happened to Flight AI171 between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick on Thursday afternoon will only be revealed by a detailed investigation, but the moments after take-off can be the most challenging in aviation.</p><p style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: 26px; BBC Reith Serif", BBCReithSerif-fallback, serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(32, 34, 36); text-transform: none; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: -0.36px;'>Indian investigators will be joined by experts from the US and UK in the coming days, as authorities attempt to establish what caused the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to crash shortly after take-off just 1.5km (0.9 miles) from the runway at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.</p><p style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: 26px; BBC Reith Serif", BBCReithSerif-fallback, serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(32, 34, 36); text-transform: none; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: -0.36px;'>It marks the first time a 787-8 Dreamliner has suffered a fatal crash since it entered commercial service in 2011. Thursday&#39;s disaster killed 241 people onboard and more on the ground.</p><p style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;  font-stretch: inherit;  line-height: 26px; BBC Reith Serif", BBCReithSerif-fallback, serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(32, 34, 36); text-transform: none; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: -0.36px;'>The BBC has spoken to aviation experts as well as pilots based in India - some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity - who regularly fly 787-8s out of India&#39;s international airports to find out what factors might have caused the plane to slam into residential buildings in the heart of Ahmedabad just moments into its flight.</p></div>

Air India plane crash death toll rises to 270