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Death all around, but he survived: Surviving passenger walks after jumping from crashed Ahmedabad plane | Watch
The lone survivor in Ahmedabad plane crash is learnt to have jumped from the aircraft at the last moment.
A passenger miraculously survived the Air India plane crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday, an incident in which all others who were on the aircraft died.
The survivor in Ahmedabad plane crash, identified as Ramesh Vishwaskumar Bucharvada, reportedly jumped from the aircraft at the last moment. Follow Ahmedabad plane crash news live updates
In one of the many videos of the Ahmedabad plane crash doing the rounds on social media, the injured surviving passenger was seen walking after rescuing himself from the mishap.
The passenger was assigned to seat 11A, near the emergency exit.
The 40-year old survivor was admitted to Civil Hospital, Asarwa in Ahmedabad. “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,” Vishwash, who received “impact injuries” on his chest, eyes and feet, was quoted as saying in an earlier HT report by Maulik Pathak.
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Vishwash is a British national and was in India for a few days to visit his family. He was returning to the UK along with his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh (45), whose condition was unknown at the time of this report.
Vishwash, who still had his boarding pass, told HT, “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.”
The Boeing 787 aircraft, en route to London's Gatwick, took off from runway 23 at 1:39 pm with 242 individuals on board, including two pilots, 10 cabin crew members, and 230 passengers.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed that a "Mayday" distress call was issued by the flight shortly after it took off and minutes before it crashed into a locality – Meghaninagar.
A video captured the horrifying moment the aircraft crashed into a residential area. Eyewitness visuals showed thick black smoke billowing into the sky near the airport.
As per the DGCA statement, the ill-fated Air India aircraft failed to receive a response from Air Traffic Control following the distress signal.
