AHMEDABAD: The miracle report of a lone survivor from a London-bound passenger plane that crashed Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad with 242 on board offered a glimmer of hope. Indian rescue teams with sniffer dogs clawed through smoldering wreckage through the night searching for clues for what had caused the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London’s Gatwick Airport to explode in a blazing fireball soon after takeoff from the western city of Ahmedabad.

AHMEDABAD: A London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground — but one…

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad while heading to London Gatwick.

The airline said there were 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian aboard the Boeing 787-8 plane.

Shocking images shared to social media showed a huge trail of smoke emanating from the crash site near the international airport this morning

More than 200 people were on board the flight to London Gatwick when it crashed shortly after take-off.

An Air India flight bound for London Gatwick, carrying 53 British nationals, has crashed in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

NEW DELHI: An Air India plane headed to London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline and police…

AHMEDABAD, India: An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said.…

There were 242 people on board the plane, including two pilots and ten cabin crew

The Ahmedabad air disaster is yet another tragedy involving Boeing.

Boeing Dreamliner goes down after takeoff, and rescue efforts are under way.

At least 242 people were on board flight AI171 when it crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.

Flight 171 was bound for Gatwick Airport, authorities in London confirm, as search and rescue teams are deployed.

The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off in western India.

A new angle shows the final moments - from take-off to crash - of the doomed Air India flight on its way to London, Gatwick. CCTV footage shows the Boeing 787 Dreamliner leaving…

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. It was unclear if anyone survived. The victims included students at…

CCTV footage captured the moment an Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. More than 240 people were believed to be onboard the…

LONDON: The Indian community in the UK has been left in deep shock after an Air India airplane bound for London Gatwick crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Boeing 787-8…

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad while heading to London Gatwick.

AHMEDABAD: The miracle report of a lone survivor from a London-bound passenger plane that crashed Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad with 242 on board offered a glimmer of…