British royal family commemorate victims of Air India plane crash at Trooping the Colour

King Charles III and other members of the royal family in uniform wore black armbands and observed a moment of silence during his annual birthday parade on Saturday to commemorate those who died in this week's Air India plane crash.

The king requested the symbolic moves "as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy," Buckingham Palace said.

An Air India flight from the northwestern city of Ahmedabad to London crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. The plane was carrying 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. One man survived.