It seemed impossible, but shortly after news broke that an Air India flight had crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, video started circulating on social media showing a man walking from the scene in a bloodstained shirt.

Only one passenger survived after an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The airline has confirmed the deaths of 229 passengers and 12 crew members who were aboard.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, appears to be the only survivor of Air India flight 171, which crashed with 242 people aboard.

The deadly crash of an Air India flight carrying more than 240 people on Thursday arrives after years of attempts to turn around the country's flag carrier — which had been plagued by tragedy and financial losses under prior state ownership.

The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad. Authorities fear no survivors.

India’s inflation eased further in May, marking a seventh consecutive monthly decline and validating the central bank’s unexpectedly large interest rate cut last week.

Financial institutions like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank make up more than a third of India’s 70 companies on the Global 2000.