Air India faces fresh turbulence following last week’s fatal crash as additional safety inspections on its Dreamliner fleet lead to flight delays, cancellations and growing passenger anxiety.

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.

The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash has appeared in public for the first time since his incredible escape from the burning aircraft, declaring it "a miracle" that he is alive. Vishwash Ramesh, 40, told how he crawled through a hole in the twisted fuselage to escape the doomed Dreamliner.