Briton is sole passenger to survive Air India crash that killed more than 260
by Emine Sinmaz in London and Hannah Ellis-Petersen i from World news | The Guardian on (#6XY6Q)
Flight AI171 was bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff
More than 260 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, with a British man being the sole survivor.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner heading for Gatwick was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western state of Gujarat.
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