The death toll in the deadly Air India plane crash rose to 270 on Saturday, with families increasingly getting upset due to delays in handing over bodies which were badly charred in the tragedy in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

Death toll rises to 270 as grieving families wait for bodies of loved ones - Grieving family members wait outside Ahmedabad hospital to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Gatwick-bound flight

Three days after one of India’s worst aviation disasters, questions remain, about why the Air India flight, bound for London, went down. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane, crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad.

The Air India crash toll has hit 270, with grieving families growing frustrated over delays in releasing bodies of relatives

Grieving families waited today for news after one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, with the toll rising to 279 people killed in the

An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.

Police in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad said more than 240 people were killed on Thursday when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed on to a medical college hostel,