Watch: Air India Survivor Claims He Walked Away From Plane Crash
A video has emerged of an injured man walking to an ambulance having survived, he claims, the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national, said he still had his boarding pass for London-bound Flight AI 171 and his seat, 11A.
"Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly," Ramesh told the Hindustan Times from his hospital bed.
Newsweek could not immediately verify the claim.
Footage of the crash showed a huge explosion, and a smouldering wreckage in the aftermath as emergency services carried charred bodies away from the scene.
Local officials had initially said there were likely no survivors of the 242 people on board, and residents of the area hit would also be among the casualties.
"When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran," Ramesh said.
"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."
Ramesh said he was in India to visit family and returning to his wife and child in London on the flight with his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh, who is still missing.
"We visited Diu. He was travelling with me and I can't find him anymore. Please help me find him," he said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the crash was "heartbreaking beyond words".
In this sad hour, my thoughts are with everyone affected by it. Have been in touch with Ministers and authorities who are working to assist those affected," Modi said in a post on X.
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