- AHMEDABAD — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Vishwash Kumar Ramesh,
the sole survivor of the devastating Air India plane crash. Ramesh, a British
national of Indian origin, is recovering from injuries sustained in the crash
and is being treated at a hospital in Ahmedabad.
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- Ramesh, traveling with his 45-year-old brother Ajay Kumar
Rakesh, recounted the harrowing moments to Prime Minister Modi during their
meeting.
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- “My brother was seated in a different row and didn’t
survive. I still don’t know how I made it out alive,” he told the Prime
Minister.
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- “For a while, I thought I was going to die. Everything
happened in front of my eyes -- the noise, the impact, the fire. I somehow
found a small space to escape.”
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- Describing the terrifying seconds before the crash, he
said, “After take-off, the aircraft seemed to stall briefly. Then it suddenly
nosedived and crashed into the building. I was on the opposite side of where
the plane hit. That saved me.”
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In this video grab via PMO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the site of yesterday's Air India plane crash, in Ahmedabad, Friday, June 13, 2025. A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.
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- Ramesh, who was seen walking away from the wreckage
despite his injuries, added that he was receiving good medical care.
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- Prime Minister Modi also visited the Civil Hospital and
met with several injured victims of the crash, many of whom are students of the
BJ Medical College.
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- The hostel that bore the brunt of the impact was filled
with young MBBS students, many of whom had no time to react when the plane hit
the building.
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- The ill-fated Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was en route to
London when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
International Airport on Thursday. It slammed into the hostel of BJ Medical
College in the densely populated Meghaninagar area, just 3 km from the airport.
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- The crash occurred around 1.30 pm -- just as medical
students had gathered in the mess-cum-dining hall for lunch.
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- Authorities have launched a massive rescue and
identification operation. The process of handing over bodies to grieving
families has begun, even as investigators comb through the debris to determine
the cause of one of India’s deadliest aviation tragedies in recent memory.
