The Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad and was heading for Gatwick when it crashed near the accommodation of a medical college.

Gaurav Taneja has shared a video on YouTube, offering his two cents on why he believes the Air India Flight 171 crashed within seconds of taking off.

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.

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The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.