Heartbreaking moment Air India survivor tries to rescue brother from wreckage
Emergency worker Satinder Singh Sandhu described how he desperately called out to Vishwash Ramesh after spotting him trying to go back into the burning wreckage of Flight 171
The sole survivor of the India Air plane crash tried to go back to the wreckage in an attempt to save his brother from "burning to death". A total of 270 people were killed in the devastating incident last Thursday in Ahmedabad in western India. Yet somehow Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, a British national of Indian origin, managed to walk away from the plane with only minor injuries.
Now, astonishing footage has surfaced showing Ramesh bravely trying to go back into the flaming building that plane had smashed into as smoke billowed all around. Emergency worker Satinder Singh Sandhu, seen in the clip below wearing a turquoise turban and orange shirt, is seen frantically waving his arms to try and stop the dazed man.
"I saw a man in a white t-shirt walking back towards the fire. He appeared quite dazed and confused and I shouted: 'Stop. What are you doing? Don't go back in there. You'll die'," he told the MailOnline.
He described the loud panic and confusion at the scene but was thankful that Ramesh heard min above the commotion and started to walk back towards him. Earlier footage had emerged showing the survivor appearing to walk out from the wreckage.
However, in light of the the new video it was in fact showing Ramesh walking towards Sandhu after he had called him over. "The man had initially walked away from the crash but how he did that I don't know," the emergency worker said.
He added that he was "screaming" and "begging" for Ramesh not to go into the death trap. At the time, he believed Ramesh was a passerby or a hostel resident.
After turning away from the wreckage, he heartbreakingly Sandhu: "My family member is in there, my brother and he's burning to death. I have to save him." A bloodied and disorientated Ramesh was led away, limping to a waiting ambulance.
He told paramedics that he was flying to London when the plane crashed and wanted to go back to save his family. Ramesh was unaware then that he was the only survivor on the plane out of 242 passengers and crew members.
Ramesh was in seat 11A while his brother Ajay, 45 was seated across the aisle from him. Sandhu, responsible for a fleet of ambulances at Ahmedabad's Civil Hospital, was having lunch when he heard a loud noise.
He described the scene as "horrific" when he arrived and with "burnt bodies" all over the street. Speaking about his disbelief that Ramesh survived the crash he added that it was, "more shocking that if it hadn't been for me, he'd have gone back into the flames because he was determined to save his brother."
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