12/06/2025
One man—seat 11A, right by the exit—emerged from the wreckage of Air India Flight 171 on foot, dazed and burned but alive. The Boeing 787-8 had just lifted off from Ahmedabad on June 12, bound for London Gatwick with 242 people aboard, when it vanished behind buildings and erupted in a fireball.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national, jumped from the flaming fuselage and was later filmed walking toward an ambulance. “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed,” he told reporters from his hospital bed. “I was scared. I ran. There were bodies all around me.”
The aircraft lost contact just seconds into the climb, crashing into a doctors’ hostel in the Meghani Nagar area. The final altitude recorded: just 625 feet.
Authorities have not confirmed if Vishwash is the sole survivor, but he remains the only person seen escaping alive. His brother, also onboard, is missing.
Air India, Boeing, and Indian regulators have launched parallel investigations. As families await word, debris is still being sifted for signs of life—or closure.
Credit to Flight Drama
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