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Families mark a year since Air India crash with vigils and prayers
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- The Air India Flight 171 to London crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad, slamming into a medical college and killing 260 people - 241 passengers and crew on board and 19 on the ground.
- On Friday, investigators provided an update on the investigation.
- The evidence, they said, was being "analysed in a comprehensive and integrated manner" and that a final report would be published once the investigation was over.
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Zoya Mateenand Cherylann Mollan Roxy Gagdekar Chhara Akash Patni, 12, was among those killed on the ground when the plane fell from the sky Families of the people killed in the Air India plane crash are holding vigils and prayer meeting to mark a year since one of the country's deadliest aviation disasters.
The Air India Flight 171 to London crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad, slamming into a medical college and killing 260 people - 241 passengers and crew on board and 19 on the ground. Only one passenger survived.
The cause of crash is still not known. On Friday, investigators provided an update on the investigation.
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