当地时间12日，一架客机在印度西部古吉拉特邦的艾哈迈达巴德机场坠毁。北京时间13日凌晨，印度民航部宣布印度航空客机坠毁事故现场搜救结束。印度警方公布，此次事故造成至少265人死亡，机上242人中仅1人幸存。
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff from an airport in western India,killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground — but one passenger has miraculously survived.
坠毁全程监控曝光：
从起飞到爆炸不足1分钟
这架计划飞往英国伦敦的波音787-8“梦想客机”于当地时间12日中午1时38分起飞。起飞后还不到1分钟，其信号在约190米的高度消失，飞行员曾在客机失事前发出“Mayday”求救信号。
Flight AI171 departed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat at 1:38 pm, and was due to arrive at Gatwick Airport in London at 6:25 pm local time.
Video footage on Indian news channels showed the plane crashing minutes after takeoff into a populated area right outside the airport.
最新公布的机场监控画面显示，失事飞机在起飞后不久撞入机场旁的一栋建筑物内，现场燃起大火。据报道，这栋建筑物距离机场大概2公里。
由于长途飞行，飞机加注了大量燃油，这加剧了坠机后爆炸和火灾的强度。印度内政部长阿米特?沙阿表示，涉事飞机载有近12.5万升燃料，客机坠毁后，由于机上高温和大量燃油，已无机会挽救生命。
图源：AP
除机上人员外，事故还造成地面人员伤亡，古吉拉特邦卫生部门官员在事发后表示，已有至少50名地面人员被送往医院接受治疗。
Indian media reports said the plane — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner — crashed on top of a medical college hostel. Visuals showed the tail cone of the plane, with damaged stabilizer fins still attached, lodged atop a building. Reports said at least five medical students were killed and around 50 injured.
据印度航空公布，该客机的机长和副驾驶分别有8200飞行小时和1100飞行小时的驾驶经验。
客机黑匣子已被找到
初步数据显示客机未能正常起飞
事故发生后，印度民航总局与事故调查局联合展开全面调查。当地时间12日晚，事故客机的两个黑匣子已找到一个，初步数据显示飞机在起飞阶段未能正常升空，部分起落系统可能出现异常。
Aviation authorities have found one of the two black boxes of the Air India flight that crashed in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing 241 on board, local newspaper Hindustan Times said.
印度空难唯一幸存者：
座位紧邻舱门，坠机后立刻拨通父亲电话
印度警方确认发现一名幸存者，也是事发24小时内官方确认的首位生还者。
One passenger onboard the ill-fated plane that crashed in west India was rescued alive after several hours had lapsed since the tragedy occurred, confirmed a top cop on Thursday.
经核实，这位幸存者是英国籍男子维什瓦斯库马尔?拉梅什。目前，他已被紧急送往医院接受治疗。医护人员透露，其意识清醒，但“显然受到了惊吓”。
The Hindustan Times named the survivor as a British national, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, and said he was receiving treatment. What appears to be a copy of the flight manifest, shared by news agency IANS, lists Vishwash Kumar Ramesh as having been assigned seat 11A and boarded.
这位幸存者说：“起飞三十秒后，就听到一声巨响，然后飞机坠毁了。”
The Hindustan Times said it spoke to Ramesh in a local hospital, and quoted him as saying: “Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.”
幸存者维什瓦斯库马尔?拉梅什事发时坐在11A座位，客舱分布图显示，该位置紧邻舱门。
总台记者获悉，维什瓦斯库马尔?拉梅什在飞机起飞前曾与父亲通话，称即将起飞。其家属透露，维斯瓦什库马尔和兄弟埃杰坐在紧急出口附近的座位上。
Ramesh told the Hindustan Times that he had been visiting family and was returning to the UK with his brother, who had been sitting in a different row. He didn’t know if his brother had survived, he said.
仅仅两分钟之后，他再次致电父亲，称飞机坠毁了，但不清楚自己是怎么活下来的，不知道自己是怎么逃出坠毁的飞机的。他的家属表示，至今还没有其兄弟埃杰的消息。
目前，维什瓦斯库马尔?拉梅什意识清醒。救治他的医生表示，“他的手上和脸上有几处伤口，没有大问题，走路有点一瘸一拐，显然受到了惊吓”。
来源：央视新闻 新华社印度斯坦时报CNN
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