There have been cases of a very small number of survivors in very serious accidents, but it is "very rare" for there to be only one, a professor told Newsweek.

Air India on Saturday announced an interim payment of ₹25 lakh or approximately 21,000 GBP each to the families of the deceased and to the survivor, to help address immediate financial needs. This is in addition to the ₹1 crore or approximately 85,000 GBP support already announced by Tata Sons.

The pilots of London-bound Air India flight AI-171, which crashed within a seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad aiport - sent a final distress call Air Traffic Control at 1.39 pm, the Aviation Ministry said on Saturday (14 June). Officials said the crew made the distress call to ATC after the aircraft couldn’t climb past 650 feet.

AHMEDABAD, India >> The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline’s entire Boeing-787 fleet.