India, June 14 -- A 17-year-old boy, who unknowingly captured the deadly crash of Air India AI171 in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday, recorded his statement to the police as an eyewitness.

Having captured the tragedy that claimed the lives of 270 persons, the teenager was left in distress and fear. Follow Ahmedabad plane crash live updates

Speaking to reporters, the boy, identified as Aryan, said that he was just normally filming the Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner aircraft near his rented home when it suddenly crashed and turned into a "ball of fire".

The video that Aryan captured was the one visual that gave netizens, as well as the media, the initial view of the unfortunate accident.

The Ahmedabad Crime Branch issued a statement to say tha...