{"id":54554,"date":"2025-11-04T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sole-survivor-of-devastating-air-india-plane-crash-says-hes-the-luckiest-man-but-also-i-lost-everything\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:40:32","slug":"sole-survivor-of-devastating-air-india-plane-crash-says-hes-the-luckiest-man-but-also-i-lost-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sole-survivor-of-devastating-air-india-plane-crash-says-hes-the-luckiest-man-but-also-i-lost-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Sole survivor of devastating Air India plane crash says he&#8217;s the &#8220;luckiest man, but also, I lost everything&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The sole survivor of a fiery <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-india-plane-crash-ahmedabad-flight-ai171-to-london-gatwick\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">plane crash that killed 260 people<\/a><\/span> in western India five months ago is back home in England, but he says his life has been upended by the trauma, leaving him unable to even speak with his family.<\/p>\n<p>Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, slammed into a building in Ahmedabad shortly after taking off on June 13, killing 19 people on the ground and everyone on board the plane \u2014 apart from the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-india-plane-crash-survivor-escape\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">passenger in seat 11A, Viswash Kumar Ramesh<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Bloodstains on his t-shirt and clutching his phone, Ramesh limped on June 13 from the smoldering wreckage of Flight 171 in total shock. Five months later, he&#8217;s still in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It is miracle, isn&#8217;t it,&#8221; Ramesh, a U.K. national whose native language is Gujarati, told CBS News partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cp85zvne1m3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC News<\/a>. &#8220;Still, I not believing, I am only one survivor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/04\/457f6036-b1ca-44a2-9c12-2c661e85d4d3\/thumbnail\/620x421\/14943fb7ea182983dd6514071db980ab\/viswash-kumar-ramesh-air-india.jpg#\" alt=\"viswash-kumar-ramesh-air-india.jpg \" height=\"421\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/04\/457f6036-b1ca-44a2-9c12-2c661e85d4d3\/thumbnail\/620x421\/14943fb7ea182983dd6514071db980ab\/viswash-kumar-ramesh-air-india.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/04\/457f6036-b1ca-44a2-9c12-2c661e85d4d3\/thumbnail\/1240x842\/a71f4f4bdbfac68691a3fbeb29b67544\/viswash-kumar-ramesh-air-india.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Viswash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India Flight 171 crash in June 2025, speaks with BBC News in Leicester, England, Nov. 2, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                BBC News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His younger brother Ajay was among the 241 people killed on the plane. He had been sitting just a few seats away.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I&#8217;m luckiest man, but also, I lost everything. My brother, for me, I lost my brother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Ramesh has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, constantly haunted by the horrors of that day, and he is still suffering with physical injuries, too.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It is very painful for me to explain that happened, still. I can&#8217;t say anything about that now,&#8221; he told the BBC. &#8220;Now I&#8217;m alone. I just sit in my room alone, not talking with my wife, my son. I just like to be alone in my house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/16\/45219f54-117b-4a73-a9ca-95e6a6b7a029\/thumbnail\/620x376\/81824e910b7679016731d24d58165a7f\/air-india-2219622308.jpg#\" alt=\"Aftermath Of Air India Plane Crash In Ahmedabad \" height=\"376\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/16\/45219f54-117b-4a73-a9ca-95e6a6b7a029\/thumbnail\/620x376\/81824e910b7679016731d24d58165a7f\/air-india-2219622308.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/16\/45219f54-117b-4a73-a9ca-95e6a6b7a029\/thumbnail\/1240x752\/f49f796bf009722a1862e810dc3c64a4\/air-india-2219622308.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Forensic experts and DGCA officials searching for evidence at Air India Plane crash site, June 13, 2025, in Ahmedabad, India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Raju Shinde\/Hindustan Times\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CBS News was at the crash site in the days following India&#8217;s worst aviation disaster, and we pushed Air India officials to address the grieving families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Investigations will take time, but anything we can do now, we are doing,&#8221; the airline&#8217;s CEO Campbell Wilson said right after the crash. &#8220;We understand that people are eager for information \u2026 For now, our teams are working around the clock to support passengers, crew and their families \u2014 as well as investigators \u2014 however we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ramesh&#8217;s legal team says Air India has still not provided adequate support or compensation, however. The airline made an interim offer of less than $30,000.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/207f9005-a112-4d69-b14d-1da5c5ea7cb6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f538853c3ef0a041a362861c6d096ed6\/2025-06-13t110403z-1-lop165413062025rp1-rtrmadp-baseimage-960x540-india-crash-britain-survivor-family.jpg#\" alt=\"Air India survivor in the hospital \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/207f9005-a112-4d69-b14d-1da5c5ea7cb6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f538853c3ef0a041a362861c6d096ed6\/2025-06-13t110403z-1-lop165413062025rp1-rtrmadp-baseimage-960x540-india-crash-britain-survivor-family.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/207f9005-a112-4d69-b14d-1da5c5ea7cb6\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/139798d006402f14572ce309c8d28573\/2025-06-13t110403z-1-lop165413062025rp1-rtrmadp-baseimage-960x540-india-crash-britain-survivor-family.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, Viswash Kumar Ramesh, in a hospital in Ahmedabad, India, not long after the June 13, 2025 disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Doordashan\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Air India told CBS News in a statement that &#8220;support through what must have been an unimaginable period&#8221; for Ramesh remains its &#8220;absolute priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The airline said it had requested to meet with him and would &#8220;continue to reach out, and we very much hope to receive a positive response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the disastrous crash has not been confirmed, but a preliminary report released in July by India&#8217;s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said cockpit cutoff switches for fuel supply to both of the Boeing 787&#8217;s engines had been switched, one after another, within one second,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-india-plane-fuel-switches-cut-off-crash-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">leading to both engines losing thrust<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-india-crash-survivor-viswash-kumar-ramesh-suffers-with-ptsd\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sole survivor of a fiery plane crash that killed 260 people in western India five months ago is back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7613,1280,377,471,719,3036,690],"class_list":["post-54554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-air-india","tag-airlines","tag-britain","tag-india","tag-plane-crash","tag-survivor","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sole survivor of devastating Air India plane crash says he&#039;s the &quot;luckiest man, but also, I lost everything&quot; - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Visvash Kumar Ramesh was the only survivor of the fiery crash of Air India Flight 171. 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