Overview
- Preliminary counts confirm at least 204 fatalities among the 242 people aboard Air India flight 171 shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad.
- Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the 40-year-old British passenger in seat 11A, remains the sole confirmed survivor of the crash.
- Rescue teams have worked into the night to recover victims and assist survivors, with over 50 injured students treated at Civil Hospital, Asarwa.
- India’s Directorate of Civil Aviation has opened a formal investigation and is examining wreckage for clues to the cause.
- The BBC moved EastEnders and The One Show to BBC Two on June 12 to air a special report on the tragedy on BBC One.