A man identified as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air Indian crash that claimed the lives of over 240 passengers aboard has spoken about how he cheated death.
Truthlive news recalls that the London-bound passenger plane crashed on Thursday in India’s western city of Ahmedabad with over 242 on board.
The Gatwick-bound Air India flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people, including crew members, took off at 1.39 pm and crashed within minutes.
The only survivor so far, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, said the disaster happened about 30 seconds into the flight.
Following the ugly incident, relatives of passengers in the ill-fated flight have been looking for their loved ones at the Civil Hospital.
However, 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh on a bed in the general ward said he survived the deadly crash, according to reports by Hindustan Times.
Vishwash Kumar said: “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.
“When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. 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.”
Vishwash, a British national, was in India for a few days to visit his family and was going back to the UK along with his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh (45).
According to reports, death toll from India airplane crash has risen to about 260.