Brother says British survivor called his father moments after the Air India crash
The brother of the lone passenger to survive the Air India crash that killed at least 240 people Thursday has called his escape a "miracle." Nayan Kumar Ramesh told Sky News that his brother, Vishwashkumar Ramesh, called his father in Leicester moments after the crash, to say he had survived.
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