A pilot who regularly captained the same Air India Boeing 787 that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing all but one of the 242 people on board, has theorized what could have caused the fatal incident.

While the common notion persists about certain airplane seats, aviation experts agree there is no guaranteed "safest seat" during a crash.

While some prioritize leg-room when it comes to air travel, others may think a little more about their seat selection.

A vigil has been held for a "kind and compassionate" nurse who died in the Air India plane crash on Thursday. Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair had recently resigned from her job at Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra (QA) Hospital and travelled to India to submit documents for a nursing post in Kerala, where she planned to move back to.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Saturday afternoon because of a security threat on a plane bound for Walla Walla. As of 1 p.m., flights scheduled to arrive at Sea-Tac were circling or being diverted to other airports, according to data from the flight-tracking company FlightRadar24.

The multi-faith service on Saturday was held at the Siddhashram Shakti Centre in Harrow, north-west London, where Mayor of Harrow Anjana Patel said 20 of the victims had previously worshipped. She also shared that two young girls had lost their father in the crash, just weeks after their mother had died from cancer.