India's aviation safety watchdog said on Tuesday surveillance conducted on Air India's Boeing 787 fleet did not reveal any major safety concerns, days after one of its jets crashed, killing at least 271 people.

Air India Boeing 787 flight to London was canceled just days after the crash on June 12 that took the lives of over 290 people. Air India said the cancellation was due to "unavailability of the aircraft.

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.

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

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

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

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