The trade event is a big draw for the industry every year, as Boeing, Airbus and other aerospace giants host parties, sign deals and show off new aircraft.

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) surveyed the site of Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people, sources said on Sunday, with families continuing to wait for DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies.

Air India directed to carry out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday declared a State of Emergency and activated the Missouri National Guard in anticipation of protests across the state. They thought he was doing a different kind of "cruising."

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Por SHONAL GANGULY, RAJESH ROY y AIJAZ HUSSAINAHMEDABAD, India (AP) — La Oficina de Investigación de Accidentes de Aeronaves de India recuperado el registrador de datos de vuelo

Tragedy struck this week when a plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad just shortly after takeoff, leaving investigators and aviation officials with many questions.

Airbus SE said the fatal accident on Thursday in India involving a Boeing Co. airliner should spur the industry as a whole to advance its safety culture, dismissing the notion that the crash could bring a competitive edge to one planemaker over the other in the global duopoly.

The pilot of the London-bound Air India jet that crashed Thursday put out an urgent call as the Boeing 787-8 quickly lost altitude on takeoff. “Mayday ... no thrust, losing power, unable to lift,” Sumeet Sabharwal told traffic control less than a minute into the flight,