Nigeria, June 13 -- Rescuers have been searching through charred buildings in Ahmedabad for missing persons and aircraft debris following the crash of an Air India Boeing 787.

The accident has resulted in the deaths of over 240 people.

The plane, Flight AI171, carrying 242 people, was travelling from India's Ahmedabad to London Gatwick airport on Thursday when it crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff.

According to Air India, there were 169 Indians, 53 Britons, 7 Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the national flight.

Only one passenger survived.

The survivor was identified as a British citizen of Indian origin, whose name is Viswash Kumar Ramesh.

According to The New York Times, his brother, Nayan Ramesh, said he...