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Rescue Operations Continue as Inquiry Launches After Air India Dreamliner Crash

More than 50 medical students are receiving treatment after the Boeing 787 hit a doctors’ lodge near Ahmedabad Airport.

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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.