Earlier on Thursday, a London Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad at around 1.39 pm, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew members on board.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 flight headed for New Delhi returned to Hong Kong shortly after takeoff Monday because of a "technical issue," Indian media reported.

A helicopter crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, killing seven people on board. Local officials said the aircraft was flying from the town of Kedarnath to Guptkashi, which is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas.

A tragic helicopter crash near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand has claimed the lives of seven people, including two children. The incident occurred early in the morning around 5:00 AM when a helicopter carrying pilgrims from Kedarnath temple to Gaurikund lost control and crashed near a hilly area close to Gaurikund.