Air India aircraft crash – how the day unfolded

A London-bound Air India aircraft carrying 242 folks crashed right into a residential space shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India.

The airline says 241 folks on the aircraft had been killed – one passenger, a British nationwide, survived and is receiving remedy in hospital.

Dramatic footage exhibits the plane taking off earlier than coming down in a built-up space.

Plumes of black smoke are then seen rising excessive into the sky after an explosion. Authorities launched a significant rescue operation.

Briton Vishwashkumar Ramesh survived the crash, and met the Indian residence affairs minister in hospital.