More than 200 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said.

A devastating Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad has elicited profound reactions from global leaders, including UK PM Keir Starmer and Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov, as they express their condolences for the victims and their families.

One of the strongest pieces of evidence that investigators are reviewing is a 59-second CCTV video clip that clearly shows the takeoff and the crash of the plane from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad city,