India, June 15 -- Turkey has denied that its firm was involved in the maintenance of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, leaving 241 people dead on board and several others on the ground.

Turkey's Directorate of Communications Center for Countering Disinformation said that the claim about the Turkish Technic carrying out the maintenance of the Boeing 787-8 passenger aircraft was "false".

The London-bound flight with 242 on board crashed into the premises of the BJ Medical College hostel complex moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon. One passenger miraculously survived.

On Friday, the total number of fatalities includ...