NEW DELHI – Air India said Friday there was only one survivor among the 242 passengers and crew aboard its London-bound plane, which crashed into a residential area of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad a day earlier.
The Boeing 787-8 departed for London’s Gatwick Airport at 1:38 p.m. Thursday, carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew, before going down in the city’s Meghani Nagar area shortly after takeoff. The sole survivor, a British national, is being treated in hospital, Air India said.
Local media also reported multiple casualties on the ground, in addition to those aboard the plane.
Indian police revised down an earlier estimated death toll of around 290, saying some body parts were double counted, according to Reuters.
Air India said that of the flight’s 230 passengers, 169 were Indian nationals, 53 were British, seven were Portuguese and one was Canadian.
BY: The Times Union – KYODO
