Air India flight AI-171 crashed after takeoff from Ahmedabad, en route to London Gatwick on Thursday. The Boeing 787-8 carried 242 people (230 passengers and 12 crew). 241 fatalities were confirmed. One survivor, a British national of Indian origin, is hospitalized. Air India is providing support and cooperating with the investigation. (This summary is generated via AI.)
Talks to survivors, including 40-year-old British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only person to survive the crash from on board the aircraft.
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Viswash said when he got up after the crash, all he could see were bodies around him
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