Rescue teams comb site of Air India crash that killed at least 265

Daksha Patni mourns for her relative Akash Patni, 14, who died when an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft crashed during take-off from an airport, as she waits outside the post-mortem room at a hospital, in Ahmedabad, India, June 13, 2025. -- Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP): Rescue teams with sniffer dogs combed the crash site Friday of a London-bound passenger jet which ploughed into a residential area of India's Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground.

One man aboard the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner -- carrying 242 passengers and crew -- miraculously survived Thursday's fiery crash, which left the tailpiece of the aircraft jutting out of the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital.