16.06.2025 14:44
The British passenger Vishwash Ramesh, who survived the crashed Air India plane, walked out of the burning wreckage with his mobile phone. After the accident, as the student dormitory where 38 students lost their lives was engulfed in flames, Vishwash emerged from the scene surrounded by fire and smoke.
British passenger Vishwash Ramesh, who miraculously survived the crashed Air India plane, was seen walking out of the flaming wreckage with his mobile phone in hand.
After the accident, as the student dormitory where 38 students lost their lives was burning, Vishwash emerged from the area engulfed in flames and smoke. Eyewitnesses reported that he was still talking on the phone.
As the panicked locals rushed to the fire scene, a man wearing a turquoise turban noticed Vishwash and directed him to a safe area. In shock, Vishwash could only say:
"The plane exploded!"
First responder Satinder Singh Sandhu described the events:
"While attending to an injured guard, we saw a man coming from near the building. He was unaware of what he was doing and tried to return to the fire area. It turned out his brother was on the plane, and he wanted to check on him. We immediately took him to the hospital. His survival is a miracle."
The accident occurred when the Air India plane crashed to the ground just 33 seconds after takeoff. The plane fell approximately 1 kilometer from Ahmedabad Airport. Vishwash was taken to a nearby 1,200-bed civil hospital.
His brother Ajaykumar Ramesh, although seated just a few rows away on the same flight, lost his life in the accident. Vishwash was in seat 11A, right next to the emergency exit. In a statement to the local press, he explained that he managed to escape through a gap in the fuselage. However, it is still unclear whether this gap was the emergency exit door or a hole created by the impact.
Aviation expert Prof. Graham Braithwaite stated that Vishwash likely got thrown out due to the impact:
"The plane was full of fuel and crashed into a residential area. He probably got thrown out during the impact or managed to escape through an opening in the fuselage. Surviving such accidents is very rare."
Vishwash also recounted that just seconds before the crash, the cabin lights began to flicker green and white:
"About 5-10 seconds after takeoff, we felt like the plane was hanging in the air. The lights started to flicker. It couldn't gain altitude; it was gliding. Then it crashed into a building and exploded."
This statement corroborates the account of another passenger who traveled on the same flight a day before the accident, claiming that "the electronic systems were not functioning properly." Experts believe that the electrical failure indicated a power loss and could have contributed to the crash.