Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with me, Simon Calder, travel correspondent at The Independent.Keep scrolling for more. If you want to jump straight to the Q&A, click here.The heartbreaking crash of Air India flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick has shocked many and raised serious questions about aviation safety.

A new video has surfaced online showing the moment the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash walked away from the scene as the wreckage exploded into flames behind him. Viswashkumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national,

At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived. At least 29 others on the ground, including five medical students inside the hostel, were also killed.

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Incident comes five days after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, when a London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed.

News of the sole survivor of an Air India plane crash that killed the other 241 people aboard has led to endless fascination online.

Although all but one of the 242 onboard the Air India Boeing 787 died following the crash, it is thought the death toll of those on the ground - said to be 29 - could have been greater

There have been cases of a very small number of survivors in very serious accidents, but it is "very rare" for there to be only one, a professor told Newsweek.