Here's what we know An Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed today near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, the airline and the country’s government said. The airline confirmed that 241 people aboard were killed. There was only one survivor. The sole survivor was identified as a British national of Indian origin. The Hindustan Times reports that the 40-year-old man told them, “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.” The plane struck a medical school hostel, killing at least one person on the ground. At least seven people are missing and over 50 from the building were hospitalized. Twelve crew members were among the 242 people aboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner when it crashed into a residential area just before 5 a.m. ET. The passenger breakdown was 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national, Air India said.