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On June 12, the skies over Ahmedabad were split with tragedy. Air India Flight AI-171, en route to London Gatwick, crashed moments after takeoff, killing 241 people. But somehow — against every odd — one man walked out alive.
His name is Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national. And his story sounds like something out of a survival thriller — except this one is real.
💥 “The Plane Felt Stuck in the Air…”
Vishwash was sitting in seat 11A, right next to an emergency exit. He remembers the takeoff feeling strange — like the aircraft wasn’t climbing.
> “The plane felt stuck in the air,” he said. > “Then there was a loud noise. The next thing I knew, the aircraft split and I was in the open. I thought I was dead.”
He was thrown out through a breach in the fuselage as the Boeing 787 disintegrated, then slammed to the ground in a fireball. But Vishwash? He opened his seatbelt, crawled, and got out alive.
🏥 Burned, Shaken, But Breathing
Video footage later showed him limping away from the burning wreckage, his body charred, his mind racing. His brother, who was seated beside him, didn’t make it.
Doctors call it a miracle. Investigators call it one of the most improbable survivals in Indian aviation history. And the world? We call it a moment of light in unimaginable darkness.
🛩️ What Went Wrong?
Preliminary reports suggest possible flap malfunction or engine failure. A distress call was made moments before the crash, but no time was left to respond.
The Indian aviation authority and Boeing are now launching a joint investigation.
🕊️ Final Thoughts
We often think of survival stories as lucky. But Vishwash’s tale is something else entirely. It’s raw, brutal, and real.
And in the middle of loss and chaos, it reminds us just how thin the line is — between everyday routine and history-changing disaster.
