Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London's Gatwick Airport, crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time.

While authorities are still investigating what led to the fatal crash, hundreds of relatives of the victims have been providing DNA samples to identify the remains of their loved ones.

The committee will focus on formulating procedures to prevent and handle aircraft emergencies in the future and "will not be a substitute to other enquiries being conducted by relevant organisations,...