The 17-year-old who took mobile phone footage of Air India Flight 171 crashing in a huge fireball was visiting his dad in Ahmedabad - who says his son has been heavily impacted by the disaster

Air India Boeing 787 flight to London was canceled just days after the crash on June 12 that took the lives of over 290 people. Air India said the cancellation was due to "unavailability of the aircraft.

Air India faces disruptions with international flight cancellations, maintenance checks, airspace closures, and unserviceable aircraft causing chaos.

There have been cases of a very small number of survivors in very serious accidents, but it is "very rare" for there to be only one, a professor told Newsweek.

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The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.