British citizens used emergency exits before Air India plane crashed
British citizen Vishwash Kumar Ramesh appears to be the only survivor of Air India flight, where 242 people boarded and crashed.
London – Close-like seat 11a.
There may be no other way to characterize the fate of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British citizen who appears to be the sole survivor of the Air India Flight 171, crashing along with 242 passengers and crew on June 12th.
The London-bound commercial airliner fell shortly after midday takeoff in Ahmedabad, western India.
GS Malik, Ahmedabad’s police chief, told the Indian news media that Ramesh may have survived what no one else had done, but local officials have yet to conclude that everyone on the jet had been killed.
Malik said Ramesh, who showed his boarding pass to Indian media, confirming his name, flight and seat count, was being treated for his wounds. He maintained visible “shock injuries” in his chest, eyes and legs.
And Ramesh briefly spoke to the reporter about his ordeal from his hospital bed.
“It all happened so fast,” he told the Hindustan Times. “When I got up, there was a body around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were fragments of the plane around me,” he said.
“Someone grabbed me, put me in the ambulance and took me to the hospital.”
The Boeing 787-8 aircraft takes less than a minute after takeoff. It carried 242 passengers and crew. Air India said 169 were Indian nationals, 53 were British, seven were Portuguese and one was Canadian. Authorities have not released any information regarding the possibility that the crash may have been caused.
Malik added that Ramesh’s brother Ajay was sitting in another row on the plane.
They had returned to the UK after visiting their Indian family.
“He was traveling with me so I can’t find him anymore. Please help me find him,” Ramesh said.