One of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other was not due for servicing until December, the airline's chairman has said. In an interview with an Indian news channel, N Chandrasekaran said that both engines of the aircraft had "clean" histories.

A multi-disciplinary team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has commenced an investigation into the accident that killed around 270 people on June 12. The decision regarding the location for decoding the flight recorders will be taken by the AAIB,

Air India Flight 171: what we know so far about the tragic plane crash, 24 hours after the tragedy unfolded in Ahmedabad.