Nayan Vagadaya had driven more than three hours to the Civil Hospital here after he heard that his uncle was one of the victims of the Air India plane crash, the country’s deadliest in almost three decades.

The only known surviving passenger was in seat 11A, next to an emergency exit, said Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer, adding that there could be more survivors in hospital.

CNBC has reached out to local police and India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation. "I am deeply saddened by the accident of the Air India passenger plane crash in Ahmedabad.