There was no official count of those killed hours after the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 242 passengers and crew on board crashed into residential quarters of BJ Medical College and civil hospital in Meghaninagar area soon after take-off.

Union minister Amit Shah said earlier in the evening that the temperature inside the crashed plane was so high due to burning fuel that there was no chance that anyone could be saved.

“The number of those killed will be officially released by the authorities after DNA test and identification of the victims,” Shah said, while adding that one passenger did survive. PTI PD VT KRK