In what is now being called one of India’s most catastrophic aviation disasters, a 60-second flight turned fatal as an Air India Boeing Dreamliner 787 crashed just 1.6 km from the Ahmedabad airport moments after takeoff on June 12 at 1:38 PM.

A string of crashes this year has brought attention to air travel, which remains overwhelmingly safe. Here are some of the most recent details.

Air India plane, flight AI171, bound for London with 242 people onboard, crashed as it took off from Ahmedabad airport. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Here is a list of the deadliest plane disasters in the 21st century, excluding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 were killed, including 193 Dutch nationals.

From tragic commercial airline crashes to catastrophic mid-air collisions, explore the deadliest plane accidents ever recorded on U.S. soil.