"We have identified 259 victims. They include 240 passengers and 19 non-passengers. DNA test result of one passenger is still awaited," said Rakesh Joshi, superintendent of Ahmedabad civil hospital.

As reported by The Guardian, he added that the plane went down seconds later, with only one passenger escaping alive.Speaking further, Sinha explained that initial investigations showed the plane had reached a height of 650ft after takeoff,

A video of Air India crew members walking along a jet bridge has been falsely presented online as showing the crew of Air India's flight AI171 boarding the aircraft that later crashed, killing all but one passenger.