Overview

• Flight AI171 departed Ahmedabad at 13:39 local time on June 12 with 230 passengers and 12 crew bound for London before losing altitude seconds after takeoff.
• Rescue teams have recovered 265 bodies, including victims in a medical college cafeteria and nearby residential buildings where debris fell.
• The sole survivor, 40-year-old British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was seated at 11A and remains hospitalized with burns and multiple injuries.
• Preliminary findings by Indian, UK and US investigators focus on a simultaneous engine failure or bird strike as possible causes of the crash.
• Boeing is gathering technical data for the inquiry while Tata Group has pledged compensation for victims’ families and regulators review Dreamliner safety.