The cousin of a man who died in the Air India plane crash has called for cockpit recordings from the flight to be released. A total of 260 people were killed when the Boeing 787 flight bound for Gatwick crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, on 12 June.

The London-bound Air India flight 171 crashed into a suburban neighbourhood in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad shortly after take-off on 12 June, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 others on the ground.

The preliminary report from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said both of the plane’s fuel switches had been cut off after take-off.

One of the two people killed in a mid-air crash near Steinbach, Man., on Tuesday has been identified as Sreehari Sukesh, a young student pilot from India. The other person killed was 20-year-old Savanna May Royes,

Families of Air India passengers who died in the air crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 will take action against Boeing in the US courts very soon, to obtain evidence and answers about the role of the fuel control switches in the accident, James Healy-Pratt, partner of UK law firm Keystone Law said on Saturday.