Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of of the Air India plane crash in the city of Ahmedabad. Only nne man, a U.K. national survived.

All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, appears to be the only survivor of Air India flight 171, which crashed with 242 people aboard.

Lunch break at a doctors' hostel in India's Ahmedabad turned fatal for many in the dining area when parts of an Air India aircraft crashed through its roof as the plane hurtled to the ground moments after takeoff,

All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off.

The Air India plane crash that led to the death of over 240 passengers on Thursday has plunged the airline into its biggest crisis yet and will pose a significant challenge to its efforts to revamp its reputation and fleet.

Tributes have been paid to a couple who were among the 53 Britons killed after an Air India flight bound for London crashed on Thursday. Jamie and Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, aged 45 and 39 respectively, were among the 242 on board the flight which crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport.