{"id":49050,"date":"2025-06-12T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=49050"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:40:13","slug":"miracle-amid-tragedy-british-national-believed-to-be-sole-survivor-of-air-india-flight-171-crash-that-killed-241-walks-away-with-just-scratches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=49050","title":{"rendered":"Miracle Amid Tragedy: British National Believed to Be Sole Survivor of Air India Flight 171 Crash That Killed 241 \u2014 Walks Away with Just Scratches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/survivor-air-india.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/survivor-air-india.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is believed to be the lone survivor of the catastrophic crash involving Air India Flight\u202f171.<\/p>\n<p>The Boeing\u202f787 Dreamliner, carrying 242 passengers and crew bound for London, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/06\/air-india-passenger-plane-200-onboard-crashes-residential\/\">crashed shortly after takeoff<\/a> from Ahmedabad with a total of 241 fatalities confirmed so far, including both pilots and several individuals on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Eyewitnesses report the aircraft ascended to roughly 625\u202fft before issuing a frantic mayday \u2014 then dropped rapidly into a hostel building at B.\u202fJ.\u202fMedical College, igniting massive explosions and plumes of toxic smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The site has turned into ground zero of one of India\u2019s deadliest aviation disasters in years\u2014possibly claiming over 290 lives when including ground casualties, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jun\/12\/air-india-flight-ai171-plane-crash-ahmedabad-india-latest-updates\">The Guardian.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Insane. New footage captures the crash of Air India Flight 171 this morning.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TWAw3sSJe0\">https:\/\/t.co\/TWAw3sSJe0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1933180831507382297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports reveal Ramesh was seated in 11A \u2014 an emergency exit row. Amazingly, he walked away with only non-life-threatening injuries and is now receiving treatment at Civil Hospital, Asarwa, Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ahmedabad police have said there was at least one survivor from the flight. According to media reports, the sole survivor of the crash was 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian who lives in London and was in Ahmedabad visiting family. He said he had lived in London for the past 20 years and had travelled to India with his brother who was also on the plane<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,\u201d said Ramesh, speaking to the Hindustan Times. He said he \u201cimpact injuries\u201d, including bruising on his chest, eyes and feet but was otherwise lucid and conscious.<\/p>\n<p>Ramesh, who still had his boarding pass, told the Hindustan Times:<\/p>\n<p>When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The one and only Survivor found after Air India Plane Crashed in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>RAMESH VISHWASKUMAR, SEAT 11A <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ifwS6e29Ru\">pic.twitter.com\/ifwS6e29Ru<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Srinubabu Gedela (@DrSrinubabu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSrinubabu\/status\/1933163272116855108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/06\/miracle-amid-tragedy-british-national-believed-be-sole\/\">Miracle Amid Tragedy: British National Believed to Be Sole Survivor of Air India Flight 171 Crash That Killed 241 \u2014 Walks Away with Just Scratches<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is believed to be the lone survivor of the catastrophic crash involving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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