‘I thought I would die’: Sole survivor from Air India Plane Crash spoke
London – Vishwaskumar Ramesh, the one who survived the Indian air plane crash heading to England from Ahmedabad, India, which made all passengers and other crew die, along with five more on the ground, saying he “thought I would die” when he recovered at the hospital the day after the tragedy.
“Everything happened before my eyes. I thought I would die,” Ramesh told NDTV in an exclusive interview on Friday. “The side where I sat down to the ground floor of the building. There was room. When the door broke, I saw the room and I just jumped out.”
“The door must be damaged,” continued Ramesh. “There is a wall on the opposite side, but near me, it is open. I run. I don’t know how. I don’t know how I come out of life. For the time being, I think I will die. But when I open my eyes, I see me alive, and I open my seat belt and get out of there. Airmostess … death before my eyes.”
The Indian Air Airplane carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members was on their way and crashed into a building shortly after taking off on Thursday, killing 246 people, officials said.
The victims including 241 passengers and crew members as well as five medical students who were in medical college and hospitals that were hit by aircraft, according to hospital officials. Many others in the injured building – some serious – and receive treatment, said hospital officials.
Ramesh’s brother, Nayanykumar Ramesh, said it was a “miracle” his brother survived.
“He said, ‘Our plane crashed, I didn’t know where my brother was. I didn’t see other passengers. I didn’t know how I lived, how did I get out of the plane,” Nayanykumar Ramesh told ABC News about his escape from the plane. “Just heard about the accident, I’m afraid of flying now, even staying on the plane now.”
The photo handout issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs India shows that the Minister of the Interior Amit Shah met with the survivors of the British aircraft accident Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, at a hospital in Ahmedabad, after Air India confirmed Ramesh was the only survivor of 242 people on the board of London Boeing 787 Dreamliner when they crashed 242 people in London Boeing.
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The plane, a Dreamliner Boeing 787-8, crashed in the Meghaninagar area near Ahmedabad Airport, in the State of India Gujarat, GS Malik City Police Commissioner said Thursday.
The previous Dreamliner Boeing aircraft were not involved in an incident where passenger deaths were reported. This aircraft has more than 41,000 hours of flying time, which is considered average for this aircraft, according to Cirium, a flight analysis company.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a statement that he had been in contact with local officials after the accident.
“The tragedy in Ahmedabad has surprised and made us sad,” he said in a statement on social media. “This is heartbreaking outside the words. At this sad time, my mind with all the people affected.”
