"We regret to inform that, of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities. The sole survivor is being treated in a hospital," the airline said in a statement.

At least 290 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

A statement from the Gloucester Muslim Society, which names the three victims, says: "Today, we are profoundly heartbroken by the devastating loss of life in the catastrophic crash of Flight AI171, t...