Rescue operation at Air India plane crash site

Flames and smoke rise from the site of the plane crash Photograph: Solaris/Getty Photograph: Solaris/guardian.co.uk Indian firefighters and rescuers try to extinguish the fire around the wreckage Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Residents help to find survivors near the scene Photograph: Vikas Pandey/PA Photograph: Vikas Pandey/guardian.co.uk Indian firefighters carry a child, reportedly a survivor, from the wreckage of the plane Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Relatives of victims of the crash cry near the site Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Civilians at the site of the crash Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rescuers working at the site of the crash Photograph: EPA Photograph: Str/guardian.co.uk Firefighters and rescuers try to extinguish the flames around the site Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk A surviving child is taken to hospital Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk The aviation minister, Praful Patel, surveys the area of the plane crash Photograph: Getty Photograph: guardian.co.uk Plane crash survivor Sabrina lies at a hospital in Mangalore Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft, like the one that crashed in Mangalore Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/REUTERS Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/guardian.co.uk