By Ada Nkong
As at this morning, the CNN has it that 290 persons including those hit on the ground have been confirmed dead in the Air India Crash.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the scene of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad and is meeting injured people in hospital
All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off on Thursday – it is not yet known how many people on the ground were killed
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
Source: BBC
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