Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Air India has confirmed that one passenger survived Thursday's airplane crash, which had 242 passengers and crew members on board.

AHMEDABAD, India >> The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline’s entire Boeing-787 fleet.

With all eyes on the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, aviation insiders say that in an air catastrophe, “all bets are off” and seat choice matters little.

Authorities confirmed that Vishwashkumar Ramesh was the only one out of the London-bound flight's 242 people to survive the plane crash in Ahmedabad.

A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday and all 242 people on board were believed killed, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families.

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.