The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash said that he climbed out of a broken emergency exit after the aircraft hit a medical college hostel in the city of Ahmedabad, killing more than 240 people.

Indian officials say one person survived the devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Indian media say he's U.K. citizen Vishwashkumar Ramesh.

Indian authorities have ordered what they called “extended surveillance” of all Boeing 787 aircraft in the country’s fleet while they investigate the cause of Thursday’s crash of an Air India plane.

A London-bound Air India flight with over 242 passengers and 10 crew members on board crashed on Thursday in the Meghani region of Ahmedabad, close to the city’s airport. The aircraft had taken off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.