Plane crash in India: British citizen survives out of 242 people on board (updated)
Police in Ahmedabad, India, say there appear to be no survivors from the crash of a Boeing 787 passenger jet that was scheduled to fly to London.
According to Censor.NET, the information was reported by local outlet News18, citing police sources.
Update at 18:40: Later, the Ahmedabad police commissioner confirmed that "police found one survivor at site 11A." The man was later taken to the hospital.
According to media reports, the survivor is 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British citizen of Indian origin who was returning to the UK after a visit. He sustained chest, eye, and leg injuries in the crash.
He told the Hindustan Times that he had been flying with his brother, who is currently being searched for.
"About thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise, and then the plane crashed. It all happened so fast," he said.
Vishwash said that when he got up after the crash, he was surrounded by "bodies."
However, the death toll from the crash may be higher — rescuers have recovered at least 30 bodies from the building the plane crashed into.
Ahmedabad’s police commissioner added that the exact number of fatalities is still being determined.
The plane crashed around noon, shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport. There were more than 240 people on board.
