Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

The horrific plane crash in Ahmedabad this afternoon that had apparently left no survivors, has sprung a miracle. Within hours of their "No survivor" statement, the Ahmedabad police confirmed that they have found one person who survived the crash.

Barely 3 km from the plane crash site in Ahmedabad, Rajeshbhai Patri, an autorickshaw driver, was waiting for passengers when he was struck in the chest and rushed to hospital.

Posters have emerged across Ahmedabad asking residents to stay strong after the Air India plane crash that claimed 241 lives on board.

Search and recovery teams continue to search the site of one of India's worst aviation disasters for a third day.

Air India flight AI171 crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. All but one of the 242 people onboard are believed to have died in the tragedy.