Air India disaster: rescue teams with sniffer dogs comb site of deadly plane crash

Narendra Modi visits crash site in Ahmedabad where at least 265 people died, with one man aboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner miraculously surviving

• Latest news: one of two black boxes reportedly found

Rescue teams with sniffer dogs were combing the crash site of a London-bound passenger jet that ploughed into a residential area of India’s Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground.

One man aboard the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – carrying 242 passengers and crew – miraculously survived Thursday’s crash, which left the tailpiece of the aircraft jutting out of the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital.