We didn’t know what to do — it was like our brains stopped working,” said one intern who escaped the building after an Air India jet crashed, killing at least 260 people.

Locals have also reportedly said that their homes are being invaded by strangers who have been pleading for access to terraces and windows to get one perfect picture of the crash site.

The dead include a young man who won a visa lottery; families returning from a wedding and Eid; a student eating lunch.

Captain Sumit Sabharwal's chilling final message before Air India Flight 171 crashed reveals haunting moments before tragedy.

At the hospital, Vishwash Ramesh remains in a guarded room, recovering from internal injuries. When asked what he remembers of the crash, he looked away, his voice trembling. “I don’t know how I made it out alive,” he said. “I hope my brother is also alive.”

As investigators sift through the wreckage of the Air India Dreamliner that plunged into a medical college complex in Ahmedabad, families mourn loved ones lost in an inferno, reports Namita Singh

AP Photo/Ajit Solanki A black box has been recovered from the site of the Air India plane crash, police have told Reuters. Forensic teams have begun DNA testing to identify the victims.