Air India crash: Pilot’s desperate Mayday call before deadly crash that killed 241 captured in final moments

The pilot of the doomed Air India flight issued a frantic warning that the aircraft was “losing power” just moments before it crashed, resulting in the deaths of at least 240 people.

The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner went down shortly after departing from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday, with only one passenger surviving the devastating tragedy.

In the final moments before the crash, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a seasoned pilot with over 8,200 flight hours, issued a desperate Mayday call, according to The Sun.

“Mayday...no thrust, losing power, unable to lift,” he radioed, as the aircraft struggled to stay airborne.

First Officer Clive Kunder was also aboard the flight.

The aircraft had climbed only a few hundred feet when it reportedly lost power.

For 17 harrowing seconds, the two pilots struggled to regain control before the jet plunged into the buildings below.

Air India confirmed on Thursday that 241 of the 242 people aboard flight AI171 died in the crash.

A British passenger miraculously survived the horrific crash according to local officials and shocking footage of the man walking away from the wreckage.

The sole survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old man, was rescued from seat 11A and is currently receiving treatment at Civil Hospital in Asarwa, according to local officials.

Speaking to local media, Mr Ramesh described the horror of seeing bodies all around him before his rescue.

“There were bodies all around me, there were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance,” he revealed to News18.

A harrowing video captured the moment the Air India plane took off, only to crash in a fiery explosion moments later while carrying 242 people on board.