Hundreds gathered in Mumbai today to honour Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the Air India pilot who has been hailed as a hero for limiting casualties on the ground during last week’s crash.Captain Sabharwal issued a mayday call to air traffic controllers moments after takeoff and residents on the ground have credited him with avoiding a large residential building that was directly on the flight path.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel say their first reaction was to help treat the injured

At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived. At least 29 others on the ground, including five medical students inside the hostel, were also killed.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Filmmaker Mahesh Kalawadia has been missing since the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12th. He was last seen near the crash site, and his phone was switched off shortly after the plane took off.

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