At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived. At least 29 others on the ground, including five medical students inside the hostel, were also killed.

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

Extreme heat, intensified by climate change, presents increasing challenges to air travel, affecting aircraft performance and potentially causing delays. While modern planes are designed and tested to withstand extreme conditions,