The bodies of the 274 victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, who have been identified, are set to be handed over to their families by the Gujarat government on Sunday, sources said.

Officials on Saturday confirmed that the black box recovered from the Air India Flight 171 crash site in Ahmedabad was largely intact and showed minimal damage, raising hopes that crucial flight data could be extracted in India itself, according to The Hindustan Times.

Air India posted on X, "Air India will provide an interim payment of Rs 25 lakh or approximately 21,000 GBP, each to the families of the deceased and to the survivor, to help address immediate financial needs. This is in addition to the Rs 1 crore or approximately 85,000 GBP support already announced by Tata Sons."

India aviation regulators said urgent safety checks would be carried out for dozens of Boeing 787 jets in the wake of the Air India crash that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. Air