There have been cases of a very small number of survivors in very serious accidents, but it is "very rare" for there to be only one, a professor told Newsweek.

So I thought, whatever I can do, I should.”At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived.

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.