At least one passenger reportedly survived Thursday’s India Air crash, which is believed to have killed more than 200 people in the northwest Indian city of Ahmedabad.
A law enforcement official said a British passenger in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing jet was taken to a hospital still alive, according to the BBC.
A traveler named Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was reportedly in that seat. The only survivor identified so far said the plane crash happened quickly.
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Rescuers work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
“Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed,” he said.
Flight AI 171 was reportedly carrying 242 people from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to London’s Gatwick Airport when it crashed. The BBC said 169 Indian nationals, 53 U.K citizens, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian were on board the airliner when it hit a medical college less than a minute after leaving the runway.
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