An official says at least 240 people have been killed in the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad. Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer in Ahmedabad, said Thursday that the dead include medical students who were in a college hostel when the plane hit the building. Indian Home Minister Amit Shah confirmed that a single passenger survived the crash. The Air India passenger plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff. Black smoke billowed from the site where the plane crashed and burst into flames near the airport.