At least 240 killed in Air India crash, one survives

Rescue teams have begun combing the site of a London-bound passenger jet which crashed into a residential area of India’s Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground.
A man aboard the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers and crew miraculously survived the Thursday’s crash, which left the tailpiece of the aircraft jutting out of the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the scene of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad
It is not yet clear how many people were killed on the ground –
The sole survivor, British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh who sat in seat 11A, is recovering in hospital with his brother saying he “has no idea how he survived”
There were 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the flight, Air India says
Families have been giving DNA samples to help identify the victims – the BBC spoke to some of them as they desperately wait for their relatives’ remains