The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Ahmedabad fire officials reported three delegations visited the crash site. The black box's recovery is vital for the investigation. 270 bodies have been retrieved, with 80 identified. A committee will investigate the crash's causes.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.