The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people said on Friday he hardly believed he was alive as he recounted seeing others dying near him as he escaped out of a broken emergency exit.

Air India has confirmed 241 of the 242 people aboard flight AI171 died in this morning's Ahmedabad crash, with British passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh the sole survivor. The news comes as three UK nationals who were among the victims of the plane crash were named.

Jamie Ray Meek was one of 53 British nationals onboard Air India Flight AI171, en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick. Young girl Khushbu Rajpurohit lost her life. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national,