President Donald Trump swiftly addressed the incident, calling it “terrible” and “one of the worst in aviation history.” He said the US was ready to provide any necessary assistance, stating, “Anything we can do, we’ll be over there immediately.”

Boeing said it is ready to support Air India ... figure out what went wrong in the case of a commercial plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in India on Thursday, one expert said.

The Tata Sons and Air India Chairman, N Chandrasekaran, acknowledged the deep emotional toll the tragedy has taken on the organisation.

More than three days after giving a DNA sample, Imtiyaz Ali is enduring an anguished wait to receive the remains of his brother who died in the Air India crash.

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.