A chilling new video has surfaced from the site of the destructive Air India Flight AI-171 accident, showing the only survivor of Vishwas Kumar Ramesh-Tarasadi-moving away from the debris with smoke billing behind it. The footage, which was now widely broadcast online, when Ramesh wearing a white T-shirt and grabbing his phone, grabbed the real moment, then got out of the burning debris because the locals ran to help him.
This incident has ignited public sentiment and mistrust of how Ramesh, a 40 -year -old British National of Indian Original, managed to escape An accident that killed all 241 others on the board – including crew members and passengers from several nationalities.
A chilling new video has surfaced from the destructive site #AIRINDIA Flight AI-171 Crash, showing Vishwash Kumar Ramesh-the only survivor of the Tarasadi-behind it walking away from the debris smuggled with smoke billing. Footage, now widely broadcast … pic.twitter.com/n5gyejsg9y
– The Indian Express (@Indainexpress) June 16, 2025
The Boeing 787–8 Dreamliner had removed the Ahmedabad airport on the route to London on June 12, when it suddenly loses height and crashed into the BJ Medical College Hostel, entered the flames within seconds.
Ramesh told Dorshan from the bed of his hospital at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, “When I opened my eyes after the accident, for a few moments, I felt that I would also die,” Ramesh told Doordarshan from his hospital bed at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. “I Don’t know how I came out of it…I thought I was going to die. But I opened my eyes, saw that I was alive, opened my seat belt, and just crawled. ,
Ramesh was seated at 11A next to the emergency exit. He said that the door of the aircraft was opened on the effect, which offered a narrow route through smoke and debris. “I was close to the surface. There was a place, and I crawled from there. The wall of the building was on the other side … I don’t think anyone else could escape from there,” he said.
The accident, he said, a minute after the takeoff happened. “Suddenly, it felt as if the aircraft got stuck. Green and white light shone. The pilot was trying to raise it again, but the aircraft went to the building at a full speed.”
The measure of destruction was such that a huge fireball in the sky is visible from several kilometers away. Rescue operations were immediately launched, but no other survivors were left.
Ramesh, although stable, remains under medical observation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the site and Ramesh at the hospital a day after the accident.
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Air India confirmed that a sick flight included 169 Indians, 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese citizens and a Canadian. Among the Indian passengers, former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was. All 12 crew members, including both pilots, were killed in an accident.
Dozens of land died on the ground to count more than 270 deaths. Air India will provide Rs 1 crore for all victims.
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