New Delhi, June 13 -- The Tata Group pledged to further assist the families and small businesses of AI-171 victims and get to the cause of the accident, as investigations began into Thursday's crash that killed more than 250 people.

N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons Ltd and Air India Ltd, on Friday updated about 70 senior Tata executives, including CEOs and former directors in a video conference, an executive who attended the meeting said.

A day earlier, an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner had crashed into a medical college hostel building outside Ahmedabad airport moments after take-off. The flight was bound for the London Gatwick Airport.

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