Air India Boeing 787 flight to London was canceled just days after the crash on June 12 that took the lives of over 290 people. Air India said the cancellation was due to "unavailability of the aircraft.

An Air India passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India on Thursday. More than 240 people were on board the flight when it was involved in what the airline called a "tragic accident".

Air India flight 171 crashed on a building minutes after takeoff near the airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.