Overview

• Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 bound for London, crashed minutes after its June 12 departure from Ahmedabad, killing 279 people including passengers, crew and residents on the ground.
• Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only person to survive, remains in stable condition with minor bruises and swelling and is expected to be discharged later this week.
• Crash investigators have retrieved the aircraft’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders and are examining them for signs of mechanical failure during takeoff.
• Aviation experts emphasize that theories about Ramesh’s seat near an emergency exit or impact with a nearby building are speculative until formal analysis is complete.
• Seven passengers who were booked on AI171 escaped the disaster after missing the flight due to issues like administrative delays, last-minute decisions or traffic jams.