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,

More than 290 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.