A tragic incident occurred with an Air India flight, where a crash left only one person alive, prompting many questions about how this individual survived such a catastrophic event.
On June 12, an Air India flight departed from Ahmedabad, India, and within minutes, it tragically crashed. Footage captured the plane’s rapid descent into a residential zone, resulting in a horrifying crash and subsequent fireball.
This flight, identified as AI 171, was en route to London Gatwick, expected to land at 6:25 p.m. local time. The airline reported 242 passengers and crew aboard.
Air India stated: “Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals.”
The sole survivor of the crash was 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national who was seated in 11A.
Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the crash, with no conclusions as of yet.
Amidst these inquiries, the question of how someone survived from seat 11A has captured public interest.
Social media users speculated on whether the seat’s position on the plane contributed to Ramesh’s survival or if other factors played a role.
One Twitter user speculated: “Likely jumped/was flung clear pre-fire. Reinforced frame + instant egress + luck.”
Another commented: “Next to the frame structure, in front of the wing, no seats in front of him. Increases time of impulse while protecting him from full structural compression?”
Another opinion was: “Pure Luck. That’s all it is. Not karma. Not an act of God. Just luck.”
Experts have also provided insights into the crash’s severity, suggesting that surviving such an incident seems almost impossible.
Prof Edwin Galea, director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG) at the University of Greenwich, shared with the Telegraph: “As far as this accident is concerned, I think it’s miraculous that anyone survived because I think technically this crash is probably a non-survivable crash.
“We still don’t know enough about it, but a fully fuelled aircraft crashing into a built-up area, it’s probably unlikely that we would expect to see any survivors from this.
“This is probably an unsurvivable crash a) because it’s in a built-up area and b) because the damage to the fuselage would have been so severe. Plus the huge post-crash fire would make it unlikely. The fact that one person has survived, I think, is miraculous.”