The pilot of the Air India crash frantically warned the plane was 'losing power' just moments before it crashed into a building, killing at least 260 people.
The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plunged into the busy suburb just seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport this morning, claiming the lives of all but one passenger.
Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who had 8,200 hours of flying experience, desperately cried 'Mayday…no thrust, losing power, unable to lift' before the aircraft went down and hit a residential property.
Air India confirmed tonight that 241 of the 242 people aboard flight AI171 died in the crash.
Miracle British survivor Vishwashkumar Ramesh, who was flying alongside his brother, remembers 'a loud noise...then the plane crashed'.
