Air India plane crash - all you need to know so far

 Air India plane crash - all you need to know so far 

Here's a quick recap of what we know at this point about the Air India plane crash at Ahmedabad's airport:

• The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board crashes into a residential area just moments after take-off at about 13:38 local time (09:08 BST) on Thursday
• Dramatic footage later emerges showing the aircraft taking off before slowly coming down in a built-up area. Plumes of black smoke are then seen rising high into the sky after an explosion upon impact
• Local police say 204 bodies have since been recovered from the crash site - it's not known how many of those victims were on the plane, or were on the ground when the plane crashed
• Ahmedabad's police chief tells Indian media there is one survivor from the plane - he is reported to be a British national named Vishwashkumar Ramesh
• There were 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the flight
• At least 50 injured medical students are being treated in hospital after the plane crashed into a doctors' hostel in the western Indian city
• A search operation is continuing overnight at the massive crash site
• Teams of US and UK specialists are heading to India to assist with the investigation

Stay with us, as we'll continue bringing you all the latest developments as well as photos and videos - as soon as we get them.