{"id":28869,"date":"2025-06-13T22:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28869"},"modified":"2025-06-13T22:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:23:02","slug":"man-who-miraculously-survived-air-india-crash-explains-what-happened-during-planes-final-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28869","title":{"rendered":"Man who miraculously survived Air India crash explains what happened during plane’s final seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The sole survivor of the devastating Air India Flight 171 plane crash that killed 241 of 242 people on board yesterday (12 June) has opened up on his harrowing experience.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner<\/a>\u00a0was scheduled to depart at 09:50 UK time from Ahmedabad in\u00a0Western India<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, with plans to arrive into Gatwick Airport in London at 18:25.<\/p>\n

Seconds after takeoff,<\/a>\u00a0however, and a mayday call was made to air traffic control officers by those in the cockpit, marking ‘the last signal’ from those on board.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, the plane collided with a\u00a0doctors’<\/a>\u00a0hostel. A hoard of individuals on the ground are believed to have died as the result of the crash, with many having since been transferred to hospital to treatment.<\/p>\n

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The plane collided with a ‘doctors’ hostel’ (Stringer\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Despite Indian Police suggesting in the hours that followed that there would likely be\u00a0‘no survivors’ on board the plane<\/a>, it was later revealed that\u00a0one single passenger<\/a>\u00a0had made it out alive.<\/p>\n

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh<\/a>\u00a0was sat in seat 11A when the plane went\u00a0down due to unknown causes<\/a>. The British man had been travelling back to the UK with his brother, Ajay, who was sat in a different row.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Hindustan Times yesterday after being found in the wreck – miraculously only having sustained ‘impact injuries’ on his chest, eyes and feet – Ramesh claimed to have heard a ‘loud noise’ around 30 seconds after takeoff.<\/p>\n

“It all happened so quickly,” he added. “When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran.<\/p>\n

“There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”<\/p>\n

Ramesh has since spoken to press again today –\u00a0as per<\/a>\u00a0Metro – providing further detail about the moment the plane went down.<\/p>\n

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Ramesh has recalled the plane’s final moments (Central Industrial Security Force \/ Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“When the flight took off, within five to 10 seconds it felt like it was stuck in the air,” he went on to explain.<\/p>\n

“Suddenly, the lights started flickering \u2013 green and white \u2013 then the plane rammed into some establishment that was there.”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on his survival, Ramesh went on to recall: “When I saw the exit, I thought I could come out. I tried, and I did.<\/p>\n

“Maybe the people who were on the other side of the plane weren\u2019t able to.”<\/p>\n

He went on to admit he ‘doesn’t know how’ he was able to make it out alive.<\/p>\n

“I saw people dying in front of my eyes \u2013 the air hostesses, and two people I saw near me,” Ramesh continued.<\/p>\n

“I walked out of the rubble.”<\/p>\n

So far, only a handful of names of the deceased have been released to the public –\u00a0amongst them is a British family-of-three.<\/a><\/p>\n

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A British family-of-three have been named (Family Handout)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and their four-year-old daughter Sara all died in yesterday’s collision, with the Gloucester Muslim Community Facebook page issuing a tribute to the trio online.<\/p>\n

“During this moment of overwhelming sorrow, our hearts go out to all those left behind,” it read.<\/p>\n

“No words can truly ease the pain of such a profound loss, but we pray that the family may find solace in the tremendous outpouring of compassion and solidarity from communities across the world.<\/p>\n

“May their cherished memories provide comfort, and may they rest in eternal peace.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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