Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Air India flight AI171, the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash, tragically went down shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad, India, with no survivors among the 242 people on board. Investigations are ongoing as the cause of the crash remains unknown.

Viswashkumar Ramesh, 40, the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, is among the ranks of those spared by fate.