Air India has confirmed there was only one survivor from today’s plane crash in Ahmedabad.

An airline spokesman said that “of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities. The sole survivor is being treated in a hospital”.

It came after a senior Indian police officer said there could be more survivors being treated in hospital.

The only person to escape the crash alive was earlier confirmed to be Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin.

“He was near the emergency exit and managed to escape by jumping out the emergency door,” said Vidhi Chaudhary, a senior police officer in Ahmedabad, speaking about Viswashkumar.

The flight to Gatwick took off at 1.39pm local time (9.09am BST) from runway 23. Of the 242 passengers on board, 53 were British.