An Air India plane crashed into a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing people on the ground and leaving a sole survivor on the flight. Authorities said 269 died.

The area near the airport houses a major medical centre and flight AI171 hit a hostel at a medical college, reportedly killing a number of students and injuring others. Reporting for the BBC, Sachin Pithva described scenes of chaos at the site, with rescue workers retrieving the mangled remains of those who perished.