The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat,

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

An Indian student was handcuffed and brutally pinned to the ground by officials at the Newark airport then deported, according to social media video.