Air India said that 241 people, out of the 242 on board AI171, died in the tragic crash of the Ahmedabad-London flight. “The aircraft crashed shortly after take-off. We regret to inform that, of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities. The sole survivor is being treated in a hospital,” Air India said in a statement.
Ramesh Viswashkumar, the only known survivor out of the 242 people onboard an Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday (June 12, 2025), had been sitting near an emergency exit of the London-bound flight and managed to jump out, police said. Speaking from his hospital bed, the 40-year-old said that he was a British national and was travelling to Britain with his brother after visiting family in India.
