London – Vishwaskumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India plane crash that went to the United Kingdom from Ahmedabad, India, who left another 241 passengers and dead crew, along with five more on the ground, said “he thought he would die” how he recovers in the hospital one day after the tragedy.
“Everything happened in front of my eyes. I thought I would die,” Ramesh told NDTV in an exclusive interview on Friday. “The side where I was sitting fell on the ground floor of the building. There was some space. When the door broke, I saw that space and jumped.”
“The door must have broken the impact,” Ramesh continued. “There was a wall on the opposite side, but close to me, I was open. I ran. I don’t know how. I don’t know how I came out alive. For a while, I thought I was about to die. But when I opened my eyes, I saw that I was alive, and opened my seat belt and left there. The Airhostage … died before my eyes.”
The Air India plane that transported 230 passengers and 12 crew members headed to the United Kingdom and crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Thursday, leaving 246 dead, authorities said.
The victims include 241 passengers and crew members, as well as five medical students who were inside the Medical College and the hospital where they crashed in which the plane crashed. Many others inside the building were injured, some seriously, and they are receiving treatment, hospital officials said.
Ramesh’s brother, Nayankumar Ramesh, said it is a “miracle” that his brother survived.
“He said: ‘Our plane has crashed, I don’t know where my brother is. I don’t see any other passenger. I don’t know how I’m alive, how I left the plane,” Nayankumar Ramesh said to ABC News on the escape of his brother’s brother. “Just listen to the accident, I’m afraid to fly now, even to stay on a plane now.”
This photo of the brochure issued by the Indian Ministry of Internal Affairs shows the Minister of Interior Affairs of Amit Shah, the survival of the British plane crash, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, in a hospital in Ahmedabad, after Air India confirmed that Ramesh was the only survivor of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in London when He crashed into a short medical university after Ahmedabad airport.
Indian Ministry of Interior Affairs/AP
The plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the Ahmedabad airport, in the state of Gujarat of India, said Thursday the police commissioner of the city GS Malik.
Boeing Dreamliner planes had not been previously involved in an incident where passenger deaths were reported. This plane had more than 41,000 hours of flight time, which is considered average for this plane, according to Cirium, an aviation analysis firm.
“Our deepest condolences are with the loved ones of the passengers and the crew on board the Air India flight, as well as for all those affected in Ahmedabad. I have spoken with the president of Air India N. Chandrasekaran to offer our total support, and a Boeing team is ready to support the research directed by the Office of Investigation Research of Accidents of India”, “Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortbertg, in a plane statement statement in India, in an aircraft statement.
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 saddened us,” he said in a statement on social networks. “It is heartbreaking beyond words. In this sad hour, my thoughts are with all those affected.”
