India, June 12 -- After an Air India flight carrying 242 people onboard crashed near the Ahmedabad airport Thursday, rescue operations begun to look for bodies and possible survivors in the tragedy.

Till now, only one person, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, is reported to have survived the deadly crash. Ramesh (40), who has been admitted to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital in Asarwa with "impact injuries", recounted the events after the flight took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The flight was travelling from Ahmedabad to the London Gatwick Airport.

Vishwash said that merely thirty seconds into take-off, the passengers heard a loud noise, following which the plane crashed. "It all happened so quickly," he said.

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