Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is the sole survivor of the London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people that crashed shortly after takeoff in the north-west Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Ramesh, who was in seat 11A of the flight says the aircraft crashed almost immediately after takeoff and it is believed his brother was on the same flight.
Hindustan Times reports that thirty seconds after takeoff there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed.
The British-born says it all happened so quickly.
The 40-year-old British national told the newspaper he was returning to the UK, where he has lived for 20 years, after visiting family in India.
They say another brother, speaking outside the family home in Leicester, in the East Midlands says Ramesh had no idea how he escaped.
Initial reports suggested all passengers onboard had died, but local police confirmed they had found one survivor of the flight, which plummeted into a medical college yesterday, with videos showing a huge explosion and thick smoke in the immediate aftermath.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which was carrying 53 British nationals among its more than 240 passengers, was engulfed in a huge fireball after crashing into the Meghani Nagar residential area minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time on Thursday.
Source: The Guardian
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