The doomed Air India plane which crashed into a medical school soon after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday was in Melbourne just days earlier, flight logs show.

The aircraft, registered as VT-ANB, was in Australia four days ago.

It flew into Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport on Sunday, at 9.08pm as flight AI308, before departing for Delhi at 11.18pm as flight AI309.

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The plane had no recorded significant problems.

It is the first fatal crash of a 787 “Dreamliner” since the planes began service in 2013.

According to the logs, the plane went on to fly from Delhi to Paris and Tokyo, return.

It was then used for the ill-fated flight from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick Airport.

On Friday, 7NEWS reporter Josh Martin spoke about the plane’s Australia connection.

“(The prime minister has) conveyed his sympathy for the victims and their families with a post on X.

“Anthony Albanese says the news of a passenger plane in Ahmedabad is absolutely devastating.

“Sunrise understands no Australians were on board the flight, but the Ebe Ere craft that crashed was in Australia just days ago.

“Flight logs show it flew into Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport, landing at 9:08pm on Sunday June 8.

“It departed just two hours later back to Delhi.

“There’s no information the aircraft had any incidents on its recent Australian legs.

“This news will touch the Indian and British diasporas in Australia, which are quite large in Australia.”

India will lead crash investigation

Investigators from all over the world will try to figure out what went wrong, one expert said.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people when it departed Ahmedabad International airport for London Gatwick Airport.

Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general of the US Department of Transportation, said India would be lead investigator, while well-established procedures will dictate how other countries can support the investigation.

“Through lots of experience in the past and by treaties and operation of law, how the investigation in international aircraft works is very well established,” she told CNN today.

The plane was heading to London, so the United Kingdom will participate in the investigation, she said, as well as other countries who had nationals on the plane.

Boeing and the companies who manufactured the electronics and control systems in the aircraft will also likely be involved, according to Schiavo.

“So there will be just a wealth of experience and abilities” involved in the investigation, she said.

Before the plane crashed, the pilot gave a Mayday call to air traffic control shortly after takeoff, according to India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

Investigators will work to recover the black boxes, or flight recorders, to learn more about what happened, Schiavo said.

“India is an aviation nation and very experienced, and they will have experts that could do that,” she said, referring to retrieving the information from those recorders.

Air India’s statement after the crash

Air India has confirmed that of the 242 people on board its plane that crashed in Ahmedabad, India, all but one died.

The sole survivor is a British national of Indian origin, it said.

“We regret to inform that, of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities. The sole survivor is being treated in a hospital,” Air India said in a statement.

The flight was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members.

The passengers comprised 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has cancelled plans to attend the Paris Air Show next week following the crash, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Ortberg said the company will fully support the US National Transportation Safety Board and India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau in their investigative process into the crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, according to Reuters.

Trump offers assistance after crash

US President Donald Trump expressed concern about the fatal plane crash in India on Thursday and said he has pledged US support if needed in its aftermath.

“The plane crash was terrible. I’ve already told them, anything we can do — it’s a big country, a strong country, they’ll handle it — I’m sure,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

“But I let them know that anything we can do, we’ll be over there immediately. But it was a horrific crash.”

Trump said he “gave them a couple of pointers” but declined to share what they were.

- with CNN