{"id":16842,"date":"2025-06-13T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=16842"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:22:13","slug":"sole-survivor-reveals-what-happens-in-final-seconds-before-air-india-plane-crashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=16842","title":{"rendered":"Sole survivor reveals what happens in final seconds before Air India plane crashed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only survivor of the doomed<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/air-india\/\" data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\">\u00a0Air India flight A171\u00a0<\/a>has told local media that the lights onboard flickered before the fatal crash.<\/p><div class=\"hxxka69f5cef8cee63\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.hxxka69f5cef8cee63 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.hxxka69f5cef8cee63 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.hxxka69f5cef8cee63 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.hxxka69f5cef8cee63 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.hxxka69f5cef8cee63 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>40-year-old British man\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/12\/british-man-sat-front-plane-believed-survivor-air-india-crash-23393895\/\" data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\">Vishwash Kumar Ramesh<\/a>\u00a0had been travelling back to the UK with his brother when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/12\/everything-know-ahmedabad-london-air-india-ai171-plane-crash-23393896\/\" data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\">flight crashed<\/a>\u00a0just moments after takeoff.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018When the flight took off, within five to 10 seconds it felt like it was stuck in the air. Suddenly, the lights started flickering \u2013 green and white \u2013 then the plane rammed into some establishment that was there.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That establishment was a hostel for local medical students and interns. At least eight of them have been confirmed as dead, in addition to the 241 other passengers on the plane.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When I saw the exit, I thought I could come out. I tried, and I did. Maybe the people who were on the other side of the plane weren\u2019t able to,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018I don\u2019t know how I survived. I saw people dying in front of my eyes \u2013 the air hostesses, and two people I saw near me \u2026 I walked out of the rubble.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Vishwash\u2019s family in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/leicester\/\" data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\">Leicester<\/a>\u00a0are anxiously awaiting news on his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh, 45, who was in the seat next to Vishwash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23402901\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255355787-26fc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - This screengrab of video footage taken and released by the Narendra Modi Youtube Channel on June 13, 2025 shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) meeting with Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, sole survivor of the Air India flight 171 crash, at a hospital in Ahmedabad. Rescue teams with sniffer dogs combed the crash site on June 13 of the London-bound passenger jet which ploughed into a residential area of India's Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground. (Photo by NARENDRA MODI YOUTUBE CHANNEL \/ AFP) \/ -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT &quot;AFP PHOTO \/ Narendra Modi Youtube Channel &quot; - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -\/NARENDRA MODI YOUTUBE CHANNEL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Vishwash in the hospital today (Picture: AFP)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23402562\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255308635-71a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" alt=\"Nayan Ramesh (C) outside an address in Leicester, this evening, June 12, 2025. Nayan Kumar Ramesh said it's a &quot;miracle&quot; that his brother Vishwash survived the Air India plane crash, however he says he is &quot;still worried&quot; about his other sibling who was also on board the flight.\" width=\"646\" height=\"468\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Nayan Ramesh, Vishwash\u2019s brother, is awaiting news on his other brother (Picture: SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vishwash, who was sitting in seat 11a next to an emergency exit, said the section of the plane he was in landed on the ground, rather than hitting the roof of a building.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking outside the family home in Leicester, his brother, Nayan Kumar Ramesh, 27, said: \u2018We were just shocked as soon as we heard it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I last spoke to him yesterday morning. We\u2019re devastated, just devastated.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are trying to find\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/12\/boeing-plane-safety-worried-flying-aircraft-23396746\/\" data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\">what caused the fatal plane crash<\/a>, the deadliest aviation disaster in almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>One of the plane\u2019s black boxes has been recovered, according to local media, but the second has not been located.<\/p>\n<p>The black boxes will provide vital data recorded of the pilot\u2019s movements, the plane\u2019s condition and more in the moments leading up to yesterday\u2019s disaster.<\/p>\n<p>But questions have been raised about the safety of the aircraft after a video taken onboard the craft yesterday showed \u2018nothing working\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the deadliest plane crashes in terms of the number of British nationals killed and the first involving a 787.<\/p>\n<p>There are fears the number of people killed on the ground could rise.<\/p>\n<p>British couple Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, who run a spiritual wellness centre, were said to be among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>And the Gloucester Muslim Community group offered \u2018sincere and deepest condolences\u2019 after Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa and their daughter Sara were reported to be among the victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only survivor of the doomed\u00a0Air India flight A171\u00a0has told local media that the lights onboard flickered before the fatal crash. 40-year-old British man\u00a0Vishwash Kumar Ramesh\u00a0had been travelling back to the UK with his brother when the\u00a0flight crashed\u00a0just moments after takeoff. He said: \u2018When the flight took off, within five to 10 seconds it felt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sole survivor reveals what happens in final seconds before Air India plane crashed - VM News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=16842\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sole survivor reveals what happens in final seconds before Air India plane crashed - VM News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The only survivor of the doomed\u00a0Air India flight A171\u00a0has told local media that the lights onboard flickered before the fatal crash. 40-year-old British man\u00a0Vishwash Kumar Ramesh\u00a0had been travelling back to the UK with his brother when the\u00a0flight crashed\u00a0just moments after takeoff. 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