All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off.

Viswash Kumar Ramesh, on Air India Flight 171 in seat 11A, was the only survivor after the plane crashed in Ahmedabad. An expert called his escape “extraordinary.”

Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat,

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, appears to be the only survivor of Air India flight 171, which crashed with 242 people aboard.

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of of the Air India plane crash in the city of Ahmedabad. Only nne man, a U.K. national survived.

Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport - so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London Gatwick by just 10 minutes. Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol with her husband, had been visiting western India for a holiday.

A nurse from Portsmouth is confirmed among the fatalities on the Boeing 787-8 aircraft which crashed less than a minute after take off.