Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Vishwaskumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, said he "thought I would die" as he recovers in hospital.

Air India has confirmed that one passenger survived Thursday's airplane crash, which had 242 passengers and crew members on board.

Air India Flight AI171, a passenger jet bound for London, crashed just seconds after it left Ahmedabad in India on June 12, 2025. Here's everything to know about why Air India Flight AI171 crashed, who the victims were and who the sole survivor is.

An Air India passenger plane carrying more than 200 people crashed after taking off from an airport in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.

A British national was the sole survivor after an Air India flight bound for London crashed with 242 people on board in India on Thursday.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed from Ahmedabad airport in the western state of Gujarat at 1.

Seven people have died in a helicopter crash in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. According to the BBC, a helicopter carrying visitors to a number of Hindu religious pilgrimage sites in the Himalayan mountains crashed on Sunday, June 15, during what would have been a 10-minute flight.

The Gujarat government will hold a state funeral for former CM Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Monday, coinciding with a day of state mourning.