‘Brit survivor' claims he walked away from Air India Gatwick plane crash after ‘jumping from flaming jet'

The Irish Sun

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A MAN thought to be a Brit claims he survived the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick that crashed and killed at least 204 people.
Ajay Kumar Vishwash, 40, claims he cheated death after jumping off the flaming jet - walking away with minor injuries.
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Video allegedly showing Brit survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh walking out of the crash
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Vishwash in the hospital
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Picture allegedly showing his flight's boarding pass
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The plane was seen disappearing behind buildings before the huge blast
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Footage shows Vishwash walking away from what is understood to be the crash site of the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick.
Flanked by the locals, he can be seen walking towards an ambulance.
Footage later shows the man in a hospital being treated.
Vishwash, who still had his boarding pass, told Hindustan Times: 'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly."
The man revealed he had lived in London for 20 years with his wife and a child.
He added: '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.'
Gujarat's police commissioner has now confirmed to The Sun that one person has miracoulously survived the fatal crash.
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However, it is not clear if Vishwash is the only survivor.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 242 passengers on board - including 53 Brits - smashed into a doctors' hostel in Ahmedabad in the west of India.
The
plane
was headed to
London Gatwick
with 232 passengers and 10 crew on board when it crashed just seconds after take-off.
The Dreamliner lost contact just seconds after take-off, according to flight tracking website Flightradar.
A final alert was last logged less than a minute after it started the journey from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
It had only reached 625ft at the time, officials believe.
Seconds before the crash, the Boeing was filmed flying low over the Meghani Nagar residential area with the pilots appearing to be in a desperate bid to keep the plane in the air.
Moments later it is seen disappearing behind buildings before a huge blast erupts in the distance.
Thick plumes of black smoke can then be seen pouring into the sky.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating."
King Charles also said both he and Queen Camilla are 'desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad this morning'.
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The US-built Boeing 787 is one of the world's most advanced airliners and the accident is the first fatal crash involving the plane.
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Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky
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The plane was seen wedged in a building
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