Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday's plane crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound aircraft crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew members, a 40-year-old British man.

Officials on Saturday confirmed that the black box recovered from the Air India Flight 171 crash site in Ahmedabad was largely intact and showed minimal damage, raising hopes that crucial flight data could be extracted in India itself, according to The Hindustan Times.

The government has set a deadline of three months to conclude the investigation into the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash that claimed over 250 lives on Thursday afternoon. “Within three months we will try to bring the investigation to a conclusion.