Over 200 Dead In Air India Ahmedabad-London Flight That Crashed With 242 Passengers Onboard, 1 Survivor Confirmed

Ahmedabad: Over 200 passengers out of the total 242 who were onboard comprising different nationalities including Indian, British, Portuguese and Canadian on the ill-fated Air India London flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, have died. However, in what can be termed as a miracle, one passenger who was seated on 11A has survived the incident.

The survivor, reported to be a British national, was seen walking after the plane crashed in Ahmedabad. He was soon rushed to a nearby hospital.

Earlier today, Ahmedabad’s City Police Commissioner GS Malik was quoted by Associated Press saying that there appears to be no survivors in Air India airliner that crashed in the city.

"It appears there are no survivors in the plane crash,” Police Commissioner GS Malik said.

Several videos have surfaced from the incident site where the Air India plane crashed with 242 passengers onboard. One of the videos showed the exact moment when the Air India flight crashed just moments after it took off from the Ahmedabad airport. The plane crashed into a compound that was housing a medical college building, fearing more casualties.

Vijay Rupani dies in Air India plane crash 

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was also present on the flight, has also died in the tragic plane crash. As per reports, Vijay Rupani was travelling to London and was supposed to return with his wife. Today's incident has turned out one of the worst aviation accidents in the country.

My body is shivering, says woman passenger who missed Air India flight  

A woman passenger, identified as Bhoomi Chauhan, who missed the boarding of Air India flight by just 10 minutes, earlier today while speaking to Republic said that she was shivering after getting the news that the plane she was supposed to board had crashed.

Victims families DNA samples to be collected 

Gujarat state authorities will be collecting the DNA samples of the kins of the victims who died in the tragic plane crash in order to confirm their identity.

Speaking to media, Additional Chief Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department, Dhananjay Dwivedi, said, "DNA testing arrangements have been made at Kasauti Bhavan of BJ Medical College. Families and close relatives of the flight passengers, especially their parents and children, are requested to submit their samples at the location so that the victims can be identified at the earliest." 

“If relatives of the passengers and other injured who have been brought to the Civil Hospital have to make any inquiry, Civil Hospital Ahmedabad has issued two helpline numbers - 6357373831 and 6357373841. You can contact these numbers for any help...,” Dhananjay Dwivedi added.