When the preliminary report into the crash of Air India Flight 171 - which killed 260 people in June - was released, many hoped it would bring some measure of closure. Instead, the 15-page... For 40-year-old Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India flight AI-171 crash that killed 241 people on board and 19 on the ground, survival has been both a miracle and a curse. Air India Flight 171 was a scheduled passenger flight from Ahmedabad Airport in India to London Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom that crashed 32 seconds after takeoff at 13:39 IST (08:09 UTC) on 12 June 2025. All 12 crew members and 229 of the 230 passengers aboard died. Air India Ahmedabad-London Flight Crash Highlights: At least 265 people died in Ahmedabad after a London-bound Air India plane crashed into a government-run medical hostel moments after taking off from the city airport on Wednesday. The airline confirmed that the flight carried 242 passengers and there was only one survivor, who was seated on 11A. It also said that a digital video recorder was found, but a search was on to find the black box after earlier reports suggested that it had been ...
