India, June 25 -- The Air India Flight 171 was airborne for barely 40 seconds when it met with a horrific crash, just about 2 kms from the Ahmedabad airport. All but one of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were instantly killed in India's worst aviation disaster in several decades.

Investigations are underway and former director general of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Group Captain Aurobindo Handa (Retd) spoke to PTI on the investigation process. Handa said going by the visuals of the crash, the aircraft has been very badly damaged by fire and stitching together the evidence would be a tedious process. "In all probability and in fairness, the investigation is likely to be a long-drawn process," he said...