Ramesh Vishwaskumar, a British citizen seated on 11A, is the only one who managed to survive the tragedy which saw 241 people killed near Ahmedabad.

Amid the fiery wreckage of the Air India crash that devastated Ahmedabad on Thursday, only one man emerged from the blazed wreckage alive. Ramesh Vishwaskumar, a British citizen seated on 11A, miraculously survived a tragedy that stole the lives of 241 others.

Vishwaskumar said “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise,” he told local reporters, all of whom had milled around him with deep disbelief. “There were dead bodies around me. I got scared. I got up and ran. There were pieces of the plane everywhere.”

His chest, eyes, and feet bore “impact injuries,” but he lived to tell the tale. In the viral video now making rounds on social media, Ramesh can be seen limping away from the wreckage, clothes torn, blood streaking down his face.

Although Vishwaskumar is of Indian origin, he is a British citizen who has lived in London for the past 20 years with his wife and child. He was on return trip after a brief family reunion.

His brother Ajay Vishwaskumar, who was also on the same flight, is currently ‘missing’. Two of Ramesh’s friends have rushed to Ahmedabad from Diu, hoping for another miracle. “We don’t know anything yet,” a neighbour told reporters. “It’s chaos. They’re just trying to find him.”

Ramesh was rushed to a hospital by ambulance soon after escaping the wreckage. Doctors have termed his injuries non-life-threatening.