A London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the Indian city of Ahmedabad yesterday, killing at least 260 people on board and on the ground, however, one passenger is believed to have survived.

Local media revealed that corpses are being recovered from the crash site, and that the tail of the Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner, which was carrying 242 passengers and crew is hanging over the edge of a building it struck around midday.

 Ahmedabad’s Police commissioner, Vidhi Chaudhary says the number killed stood at 260 people, suggesting that at least 19 people died when the jet ploughed into a medical staff hostel in a blazing fireball.

While everyone aboard the flight was initially feared killed, state health official Dhananjay Dwivedi reported one survivor.