The high-level panel aims to enhance safety protocols and prevent future disasters, with a comprehensive report expected in three months, the government said.

Narendra Modi visited the Air India crash site in Ahmedabad. He met with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and officials to assess the situation. Modi also visited injured people at the Civil Hospital. He met the British high commissioner Lindy Cameron.

An Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, claiming over 260 lives, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was on board. A day after the tragedy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the city to take stock of the situation,