Media: One life saved in devastating Air India Boeing 787 crash VIDEO

The Indian agency ANI specified that one survivor was found at the site of the Boeing 787 crash of Air India near Ahmedabad airport.

He is currently receiving medical treatment, the agency said, Caliber.Az reports.

“One survivor has been found in the deadly crash of an Air India plane carrying 242 people, after it rammed into a nearby doctors' hostel shortly after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport, a senior police officer said.

Ramesh Viswashkumar, The sole survivor of the Air India crash escaped by jumping from the plane. He was on seat number 11A. #AirIndia #AhmedabadNews #Gujarat #PlaneCrash #ITReel pic.twitter.com/NsMBeZOkbX

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An Air India passenger aircraft en route to London, tragically crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, a major city in northwestern India. 

Thick black smoke billowed from the crash site where the plane collided with a medical college hostel near Ahmedabad’s airport, igniting a fierce blaze. Ahmedabad, a bustling metropolis of over five million residents and the capital of Gujarat—Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state—was shaken by the catastrophic incident.

Firefighters worked tirelessly to extinguish the smoldering wreckage of the fully fueled aircraft and nearby multi-story structures. Charred remains were strewn across the scene alongside scattered fuselage fragments. Indian army personnel have been deployed to assist civil authorities in clearing debris and providing medical aid to the injured.

Air India said the flight bound for London Gatwick Airport was carrying 242 passengers and crew, with 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian aboard. The Boeing 787-8 crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. (08:08 GMT), Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, said.

By Vafa Guliyeva