THE pilot of Air India's doomed flight out of Ahmedabad issued a desperate mayday call moments before smashing into a doctors' hostel.
Captain Sumeet Sabharwal warned the plane was "losing power" just 11 seconds after lift-off - but could do nothing to avert the catastrophe.
The captain called out down his radio: "Mayday [...] no thrust, losing power, unable to lift".
The two pilots then wrestled for 17 seconds with the controls as the jet sank through the air before careening into the buildings below.
The cause of the crash is yet to be established.
Sabharwal had years of experience and had racked up 8,200 in the air.
The plane had just a few hundred feet of altitude when the power apparently cut out, killing more Brits than any air disaster since 9/11.
Air India, the airline, confirmed on Thursday evening that just one person survived out of the 242 people on board.
He is reported to be a 40-year-old British dad, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.
The plane was headed to London Gatwick with 232 passengers and 10 crew members when it crashed just seconds after take-off.
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