India's Supreme Court has asked the federal government to respond to a plea seeking an independent investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed 280 people in June.
A London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operated by Air India crashed less than two minutes after take off from the Ahmedabad airport on 12 June. The aircraft lost power, veered off course, and struck a medical college building near the runway, killing all 229 passengers, 12 crew members, and 19 people on the ground.