New Delhi: Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, said that he still can’t believe how he came out the plane alive and survived the tragic incident. This morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met him at the Ahmedabad hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
The London-bound aircraft with 242 people on board, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, crashed seconds after taking off from the Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Of the 242 people onboard the flight, only Ramesh, the 40-year-old British-Indian miraculously, survived the crash.
The ill-fated plane brushed past one of the buildings in BJ Medical College (BJMC) compound in the Meghaninagar area before crashing and bursting into flames.
“Everything happened in front of my eyes. I still can’t believe how I came out the plane alive. For a while, I thought I was also going to die. When I opened my eyes, I realised that I was alive. I opened my seat belt and jumped out of the flight. The airhostess and aunty uncle all died before my eyes,” he told Doordarshan shortly after meeting PM Modi.
Vishwas Kumar the lone survivor talked first to Doordarshan and gave his side of the story of a miraculous escape from the ill fated flight.
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Asked about the crash, he said, “A minute after the take-off, it felt like the plane had got stuck. Then green and white lights started blinking. They (the pilots) tried to rise the plane but it went full speed and crashed into the building”.
Kumar’s seat was 11A, right next to the emergency door, which apparently came off when the plane struck the college hostel and mess.
Asked if he landed on the hostel, he said, “No, I was closer to the ground, the ground floor, where there was space. So I came out from there. The building wall was on the opposite side and I do not think anyone was able to come out that way”.
Prime Minister Modi earlier today visited the site of the Air India plane crash met the injured victims at the civil hospital. Modi arrived at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in the morning and drove straight to the plane crash site and spent around 20 minutes inspecting the area.
