Officials said they had found the cockpit voice recorder that may provide crucial clues about what caused the Air India flight to crash, killing at least 270 people.

The aircraft, on its Singapore-London flight, made a perfect take-off for Delhi at 4.30pm. The plane, according to all available reports, was caught in a storm and exploded mid-air.

Below, we look back at some of the worst air disasters in UK aviation history. Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Dumfries and Galloway while cruising at 31,000 feet on December 21, 1988, crashing onto the town of Lockerbie.

An Air India flight bound for London has crashed with 242 people on board in western India, with a police officer confirming that more than 290 have been killed.The Boeing 787 aircraft departed from Ahmedabad airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat at 1.

After the tragic Air India crash yesterday, a Thai singer has opened up about his haunting experience surviving a similar ordeal almost 30 years ago

Following the news that the sole survivor of yesterday's deadly Air India plane crash had been seated in 11A, it looks as though the demand for said seat has since sky-rocketed.