Aviation explained that the answer cannot be so simple as aircraft vary a lot in terms of seat configurations, while the nature of crashes are often unique.

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.

On Thursday, June 12, the Air India flight plummeted to the ground only minutes after leaving the Ahmedabad, India Airport. Video footage of the aircraft quickly descending in a residential area showed the terrifying plane crash land and a massive fireball erupt as a result.