At least four medical students were among the persons who were killed on the ground.
Two hundred and forty one persons aboard the Air India plane bound for London died when the aircraft crashed moments after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline confirmed on Friday.
Only one of the 230 passengers on board survived and was being treated at hospital, Air India said in a statement. The person was identified as Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a British citizen of Indian origin.
All 12 members of the crew were killed.
“The passengers comprised 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national,” the airline added.
The aircraft’s crash into the hostel building of the BJ Medical College in Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad also killed at least four medical students on the ground, The Indian Express reported.
The number of deaths on the ground was unclear. While The Indian Express reported that at least 24 persons, including the four students, had died, The quoted police officer Vishaka Dabral as saying that at least 28 persons had died at the crash site.
