An Air India passenger plane carrying more than 200 people crashed after taking off from an airport in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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.

The final words of the pilot of Air India Flight AI171 that crashed on Thursday have been revealed, providing new details about the final moments before the aircraft went down. Indian aviation officials have confirmed the pilot issued distress calls before the Gatwick -bound flight crashed in Gujarat state on 12 June,