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Viswashkumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Boeing 787 plane crash, said he witnessed other passengers die.
One black box found as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the scene and calls the devastation ‘saddening’.
The dead include a young man who won a visa lottery; families returning from a wedding and Eid; a student eating lunch.
![Grieving women outside Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where the dead and wounded from Thursday's Air India plane crash were brought [Marhaba Halili/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-13-at-12.37.49-AM-1749795768.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Fatal crash raises new concerns for both firms as they try to revamp after years of problems that marred reputations.
Footage shows the only known survivor of the Air India Flight AI171 crash, 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, limping al
![A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building after the incident in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. [Amit Dave/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-1749756849.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
At least 240 people have died after flight AI171 crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.
Boeing Dreamliner goes down after takeoff, and rescue efforts are under way.
![This handout taken and posted on the X account of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) On June 12, 2025 shows the back of AN Air India plane after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. [Handout/Central Industrial Security Force via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AFP__20250612__622Y3WF__v2__HighRes__TopshotIndiaAviationCrash-1749727483.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Video shows an Air India passenger plane losing height shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad.
Videos show huge plumes of smoke after a plane to the UK crashed shortly after take- off from India’s Ahmedabad
These were the updates on the deadly crash of Flight 171, bound for Gatwick airport in the United Kingdom.
