Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday's plane crash in Ahmedabad, BBC reported.

The London-bound aircraft crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew members, a 40-year-old British man.

Officials have also been trying to establish how many people were killed on the ground and have been continuing the slow process of matching DNA samples to confirm the victims' identities. 

Vigils honouring the dead have taken place across India and the UK, according to BBC.