Chilling simulation of Air India flight crash shows exactly how sole survivor escaped the wreckage
A simulation shows a possible way in which the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash managed to escape the burning wreckage, and it is astounding.
On June 12, a 40-year-old British man named Vishwash Kumar Ramesh miraculously survived the fatal Air India plane crash as it encountered issues just seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, in western India.
Video footage has shown the potential reason he managed to walk away from the wreckage of the Air India flight, which sadly killed the 241 other passengers and crew on board.
The AI171 jet, that was heading to London, also resulted in the deaths of dozens of people on the ground after it crashed into a building used as accommodation for doctors at the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College and Civil Hospital.
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The death toll has since risen to 270.
Authorities are investigating the exact cause of the Boeing 787-8 crash, but many experts have weighed in on how exactly Ramesh managed to survive.
As per a new simulation posted on YouTube by AiTelly, there are two possible ways in which Ramesh could have escaped the plane.
Option one: He may have jumped from the plane while it was in the air and descending via the emergency exit.
Option two: He could have escaped after the plane crashed through the same door, seconds before it went up in flames.
The simulation also shows various theories as to how the plane crashed, from full loss of power, engine failure and more. But as for Ramesh’s miraculous story, option two seems the most likely.
According to him, he was sat in seat 11a on the plane and escaped before the jet went up in flames as it hit the residential area.
The father-of-one from Leicester, UK, explained from his hospital bed that he was able to 'unbuckle' himself from his seat and use his leg to push an opening.
“When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran," he said to local news media, as per Reuters. "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."
In footage of the event, a passerby can be seen approaching him as he is covered in blood and limping and guiding him to emergency services.
Ramesh was returning home to his family in the UK and was accompanied by his brother Ajay on the flight. However, he tragically lost his sibling who was sitting in a different seat on the same row.
He said to Indian state media DD News that the part of the jet he was sitting in was close to the ground and had not hit the building. However, the opposite side, he said was near a wall, blocking anyone from leaving.
Although the emergency door was broken, Ramesh said he 'just walked out' and away from the scene.
While many may believe that Ramesh could hold the key to finding out what went wrong, he admits he 'can't explain' everything but remembered hearing a 'loud noise' and seeing 'flickering lights' inside the aircraft within seconds of taking off from the runway.
"I saw people dying in front of my eyes - the air hostesses, and two people I saw near me," he said. "For a moment, I felt like I was going to die too, but when I opened my eyes and looked around, I realised I was alive.
"I still can't believe how I survived. I walked out of the rubble."
Topics: Air India, India, Plane, World News
Britt Jones