Also, federal agents handcuffed a senator and forced him to the floor. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
By Matthew Cullen
A passenger jet bound for London crashed today in western India only moments after takeoff, killing more than 260 people. It was India’s worst aviation disaster since 1996.
One passenger was known to have survived the crash, according to India’s home minister. “I don’t know how I am alive,” the passenger, Viswash Kumar Ramesh, said, according to his younger brother.
The plane, which had been carrying 242 passengers and crew members, crashed into a medical college in the city of Ahmedabad and killed several people on the ground. As night fell and smoke hung in the air, rescuers combed through the smoldering wreckage.
