Lone Survivor of Air India Crash Still 'Dreams He Is on the Flight,' Relative Says: 'He Remembers Seeing Everyone Die'
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India plane crash, "dreams he is on the flight" when he sleeps, according to a relative
"He remembers seeing everyone die in front of his eyes," the family memeber said of the lone crash survivor
The London-bound plane crashed shortly after takeoff in India on June 12, resulting in the deaths of 241 people, including Vishwash's brotherThe only survivor from the Air India plane crash relives the events of that day every night, according to his family member.
On June 12, a London-bound Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in India, resulting in the deaths of 241 people — 229 of the 230 passengers on board, as well as all 12 crew members. There was only one survivor: a passenger named Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.
A month has passed since Vishwash, a 40-year-old British citizen, was hospitalized for the injuries he sustained in the crash, which killed his older brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh.
But the horrors of that day are still fresh in his mind, one of his relatives told Metro UK.
Krunal Keshave, whom Metro UK identified as a 'family member' of Vishwash from Leicester, England, told the British outlet that Vishwash 'can't sleep at night.'
'He sleeps but doesn't sleep properly,' Keshave said. 'When he sleeps, he dreams he is on the flight. He remembers seeing everyone die in front of his eyes.'
'He speaks, but he doesn't speak about the crash,' Keshave continued. 'He is currently trying to have a normal life, but he is not going out too much.'
The crash survivor, his relative added, 'is spending time at home with the family.'
Vishwash was visiting family in India with his brother Ajay, 45, and was returning to the United Kingdom when the crash occurred, he previously told The Hindustan Times. He was hospitalized with 'impact injuries' to his chest, eyes and feet following the crash, according to the outlet.
The British national was later released from the hospital on June 17 after five days, The Guardian, BBC News and Sky News reported at the time. The day after his release, he helped carry his brother Ajay's coffin during the funeral in the Indian town of Diu, per the outlets.
While he was still in the hospital, Vishwash recalled the moments leading up to the crash that killed his brother — Ajay was sitting just a few rows away on the fatal flight — while speaking with The Hindustan Times.
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'Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed,' he told the outlet from his hospital bed. 'It all happened so quickly."
"When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran," Vishwash continued. "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."
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