“It happened very fast.” The Indian authorities have confirmed that a person has survived the Air India air plane accident 171. According to several British and Indian media, the passenger is called Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British who was aboard the Boeing 787 with his brother.
“When I regained consciousness, there were bodies around me. I was scared. I got up and ran,” said Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in Hindustan Times.
The images of the latter, walking on the streets after the accident, were transmitted on social networks.
The man was hospitalized
“There were pieces of the plane on me. Someone caught me, put me in an ambulance and took me to the hospital,” he continues.
“Yes, we confirm that there is a survivor,” said Dhananjay Dwivedi, main secretary of the Department of Health of Gujarat, in the northwest of India, adding that he is currently “treated” in the hospital.
242 passengers and crew members were aboard the device that crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport, India.
Source: BFM TV
