India, June 14 -- The ministry of civil aviation on Saturday said the Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing at least 260 people, had climbed to just 650 feet before it began to lose altitude.

In the first press briefing since the aircraft crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha said the aircraft crashed into a medical hostel complex in Meghaninagar exactly one minute after takeoff. Follow LIVE updates here.

Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AI 171) flight with 242 passengers and crew members on board crashed into a medical hostel complex in Meghaninagar moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12.

One person survived the cras...