For more than a decade, pilots and judges have warned that India’s breakneck urban development was pushing population centers closer to the nation’s runways.

One of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other was not due for servicing until December, the airline's chairman has said. In an interview with an Indian news channel,

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, described his survival as a "miracle" after the tragic incident that claimed the lives of 241 people, including his brother. On Wednesday, Ramesh participated in laying his brother to rest, according to CNN.