Vishwashkumar, who was sitting in seat 11a on the Air India flight, is receiving treatment at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital, where he has been visited by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also attended the bedside of locals who were not onboard the plane but were struck and injured by the crash.

An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.

Residents of the building have said they owe their lives to Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and co-pilot Captain Clive Kunder.