One of the two black boxes on the plane has been recovered as authorities continue their investigation into the deadly crash.

Air India has set up friends and relatives assistance centres at Gatwick, Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad airports to provide support in the wake of AI171’s crash.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has been in contact with the British survivor of the Air India plane crash, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, Downing Street has said.

A Number 10 spokesman said on Friday: ‘FCDO staff have been in contact with Mr Ramesh this morning to offer consular support.’

The British High Commissioner in India Lindy Cameron also met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, according to Number 10, ‘offering her condolences and the UK’s support to the investigation’.

The spokesman also said the helpline set up by the Foreign Office