Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel say their first reaction was to help treat the injured

An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been canceled days after the fatal crash that killed 241 people on board. The canceled plane for was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner—the same type of aircraft as the one that crashed last week,

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

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

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.

HONG KONG — An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Monday shortly after takeoff due to a midair technical issue, days after another of the airline’s flights crashed and killed at least 270 people .

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

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 plane was 90 minutes into its flight from Hong Kong, when the pilots contacted air traffic controllers with an urgent request.