The flight was carrying passengers and 12 crew. Only a single British passenger, named as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, survived. He is understood to have jumped from the emergency door of the Gatwick-bound plane as the flight came came down.

Tragedy struck India last week when an Air India Boeing 787 crashed less than a minute after takeoff in Ahmedabad. Air India flight AI171 was bound for London Gatwick and was carrying 230 passengers along with 12 crew members.