The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

It seemed impossible, but shortly after news broke that an Air India flight had crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, video started circulating on social media showing a man walking from the scene in a bloodstained shirt.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, appears to be the only survivor of Air India flight 171, which crashed with 242 people aboard.

Ahead of Saturday's festivities, King Charles III also honored a handful of celebrities and public figures, including David Beckham, Gary Oldman and Elaine Paige.

Britain's King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the "Trooping the Colour" military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane crash. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad,

Tragedy struck this week when a plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad just shortly after takeoff, leaving investigators and aviation officials with many questions.

At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.