The world has been left horrified after Air India flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after take off on its way to London on Thursday. All but one passenger died and the jet smashed into buildings housing doctors and their families with reports of 294 people dying in the horrific scenes. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP

The Air India flight took off but quickly began descending again. Picture: Supplied

CCTV footage picked up the horrifying moment the plane erupted in a fireball. Photo: Supplied

There were fears that no one on board would have survived the impact. Picture: Supplied

The smoke filled the Ahmedabad skyline. Picture: Supplied

The tail of the plane resting in a building. Picture: Supplied

Security guards stand watch at the crash site of the doomed Air India flight. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, was the only survivor of an Air India crash and for how horrific the damage was, escaped relatively unscathed. Ramesh was in seat 11A, right next to an emergency exit. “Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,” Mr Ramesh is reported as saying by new outlet The New Indian Express. “There were dead bodies around me. I got scared. I got up and ran. There were pieces of the plane everywhere.” Picture: Supplied

Ramesh's Air India boarding pass. Picture: Supplied

Rescue officials carry a victim's body from the site of the crash. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP

Another body carried away from the wreckage. AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

Hospital workers were ready to work on survivors. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

But in devastating scenes, police were scene arranging boxes with the remains of victims who perished for DNA sampling. Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images

The boxes were seen loaded into the back of a van. Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images

Eerily, the doomed Air India jet only left Australia days before the horrific crash.

A passenger who was on the plane just hours before the crash showed how passengers couldn’t get their screens or airconditioning to work. Picture: X/akku92

The check-in desks of Air India were closed after the horrific crash. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Search and rescue teams responded to the scene of the plane crash with the building scared with burn marks likely from the explosion. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

The tail of the plane resting on the building is haunting. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

This is the inside view of a canteen building where the tail of the aeroplane came to rest. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

There were still meals on the tables. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

Search and recovery teams work through the rubble of the plane crash. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

Rescue officials are seen near the wreckage of Air India flight 171. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP

There was a strong presence at the scene as search and rescue came to help. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

The weight of death appeared to weigh heavily on those at the scene. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

Firefighters work to put out the fire at the site of the plane crash. Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

Police stand guard at the site. Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP

There was a candlelight vigil ahead of a prayer ceremony in Siliguri for the victims of the aeroplane crash in India's Ahmedabad city. Photo by Diptendu DUTTA / AFP

A woman who lost her parents on-board the doomed Air India flight grieves their loss. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

Relatives mourn the death of 14-year-old Akash Patni, who was sleeping on the ground when Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area. Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP

Relatives mourn the death of 14-year-old Akash Patni, who was sleeping on the ground when Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area. Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP

Family members of one of the crew members of Air India flight 171 mourn at their residence in Thoubal Mayai Leikai near Imphal in the Indian state of Manipur. Photo by AFP

Security guards on duty at the hospital where people looking for family members on board the Air India flight. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

Police stand guard at the site of the crash. Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP

The spread of the damage across the area was horrific. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images