Air India plane crash investigators find the first of the "black boxes" from the Boeing 787-8 that slammed into buildings, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

A woman headed to Ahmedabad airport missed her London-bound Air India flight by 10 minutes due to traffic. But the "angering" and "disappointing" delay did save her life as the plane crashed shortly after take-off,

Officials confirmed recovery of both black boxes from the Air India crash site in Ahmedabad, aiding the ongoing probe into the tragedy that killed 270 people.

Air India Flight 171 was “involved in a tragic accident,” the airline’s chairman said. The plane was due to fly from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick Airport.

A 28-year-old student who was visiting western India says she missed her Air India flight​ back to London. That flight was AI171​, which crashed shortly after takeoff.

International agencies assist India's AAIB in investigating Air India crash; black box data analysis underway.

On June 12, an Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff, leaving behind 1 survivor. In 1987, a crash in Michigan left 1 girl alive

Loychusak, who is now 47, recently took to Facebook to share his shock after knowing that the only survivor of the recent crash in Ahmedabad was also seated in 11A. “The lone survivor of the plane crash in India was sitting in the same seat number as me, 11A. Goosebumps,” he wrote.