Lone Survivor Of Ahmedabad Plane Crash Discharged From Hospital

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Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a British citizen, miraculously survived the Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 241 other passengers on the ill-fated Air India flight.
Ramesh Vishwas Kumar, the lone survivor of last week's Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, has been discharged from the Civil Hospital after he showed signs of recovery.
Kumar is a British citizen of Indian origin who miraculously survived the deadly Ahmedabad plane crash, which left all 241 co-passengers dead. A video showing him walking out alive from the site stunned users on social media.
Ramesh was seated in 11A, according to the flight manifest. It's still unclear how he survived, but parts of the aircraft were reportedly intact after the crash.
Footage taken shortly after the crash showed Ramesh limping towards an ambulance, covered in blood, but alive. He was later photographed in hospital, with visible injuries to his face, chest and feet.
Speaking to the media from the hospital bed, he said that he was a British national of Indian origin and had visited India to meet his family. He was travelling back with his brother. 'At first, I thought I was dead. Later, I realised I was still alive and saw an opening in the fuselage near my seat. I managed to unbuckle myself. I used my leg to push through that opening and crawled out," he told News18.
'There were bodies all around me, and there were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance."
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June 18, 2025, 09:38 IST

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