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Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, seated in 11A, near the emergency exit, emerged as the sole survivor of the Ahmedabad plane crash.
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Legit.ng on MSNAir India: 15-year-old Tea Seller Dies as Plane Crashes Near His Mother’s Tea Shop, Family MournsAkash Patni, resting near his family's tea stall, tragically among those killed in the crash that shook Ahmedabad in India. His family mourned him.
The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.
Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.
AHMEDABAD, India >> The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline’s entire Boeing-787 fleet.