Australian Authorities Confirming Potential Impact of Fatal Air India Crash

The crash claimed the lives of 241 passengers onboard leaving a sole survivor.

The back of Air India flight 171 is pictured at the site after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on June 12 and all 242 people on board were believed killed, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families. (Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP) Photo by SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images

The federal government still can’t say whether or not any Australian citizens or residents were impacted by the Flight 171 crash in India.

Authorities have confirmed that 241 people died and one survived—Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national who sustained visible impact injuries to his chest, eyes, and feet but otherwise seems fine, in what has been dubbed, “the miracle in seat 11A.”