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,

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

On June 12, the London-bound aircraft crashed into the nearby campus of a medical college in Meghani Nagar area and burst into flames, moments after it took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad.