An Air India airliner carrying 242 passengers and crew en route to the United Kingdom from India crashed shortly after takeoff, with at least one passenger surviving the crash, local officials said. "The flight,

The plane carrying 242 people, including 169 Indian nationals and 53 Britons, hit a residential area, with some on the ground also feared dead.

Boeing said it was ready to support Air India following the crash of a 787 Dreamliner on Thursday. It was the first loss of the widebody aircraft.