Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, said he doesn't know how he 'came out' of the tragedy 'alive' amid reports that the death toll has risen to at least 290 people.

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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.