Captain Kishore Chinta, a former investigator with India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), calls this "the rarest of the rare" crashes - a controlled flight into terrain just 30 seconds after take-off. "To my knowledge, nothing quite like this has ever happened," he told the BBC.

Boeing stock rose on Monday as investors awaited more information about the tragic 787 crash.Shares of the commercial jet maker added 0.7% to 201.70, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.

The Air India crash has overshadowed the US giant’s contribution to the world’s largest aerospace industry gathering.