Vishwashkumar, who was sitting in seat 11a on the Air India flight, is receiving treatment at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital, where he has been visited by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also attended the bedside of locals who were not onboard the plane but were struck and injured by the crash.

LONDON and DELHI -- An Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members en route to the United Kingdom crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Thursday, leaving 246 dead and at least one surviving passenger, local officials and the airline said.

The pilot of Air India Flight AI171 has been called a ‘hero’ as it’s said he ‘saved dozens of lives’ with a last-minute decision. Bound for London Gatwick, the aircraft crashed just moments after take off in Ahmedabad, western India, with all but one of the 242 people on board killed.

AN AIR India flight was forced to divert after a “mid-air technical issue – just days after the horror Ahmedabad plane smash. Dehli-bound Air India Flight AI315 was flying from Hong

Boeing was generating optimism. Then on Thursday a 787 crashed, raising the specter of fresh problems for Boeing and altering the message it planned to send.

An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.