A senior Indian police official advised the nation’s nationwide information company ANI on Thursday that one individual — a person who was in seat 11A on the doomed Air India flight to London that crashed quickly after takeoff within the metropolis of Ahmedabad — survived the disaster.
Indian media shops spoke with a person in a neighborhood hospital who stated he was U.Okay. citizen Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the one that had been listed in that seat on flight AI171, in keeping with the flight manifest shared by Indian authorities.
Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik, who initially advised ANI there have been no recognized survivors from the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed into town, was later quoted by the identical information company as saying “the police discovered one survivor in seat 11A.” He stated the individual was “within the hospital and is underneath remedy.”
“Sure, one survivor is confirmed,” stated Dhananjay Dwivedi, principal secretary of the Gujarat state well being division, in keeping with the French information company AFP, with out figuring out the individual.
The again of Air India flight AI171 is pictured on the website after it crashed in a residential space close to the airport in Ahmedabad, western India, June 12, 2025. / Credit score: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty
Dr. Dhaval Gameti at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital advised The Related Press that he had examined Ramesh and that whereas the crash survivor “was disoriented with a number of accidents throughout his physique… he appears to be out of hazard.”
Gameti advised the AP that 186 our bodies of passengers from the airplane had been dropped at the Civil Hospital.
Indian media shops that spoke with Ramesh within the hospital stated he had a ticket for the ill-fated flight exhibiting his title and the 11a seat project.
“Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise after which the airplane crashed. All of it occurred so shortly,” the Hindustan Occasions quoted Ramesh as saying. The newspaper stated he reported struggling “impression accidents” to his chest, face and toes.
Video of the crash exhibits the airplane flying low over buildings earlier than dropping out of sight, adopted by an enormous explosion that sends a large fireball into the air.
Video exhibits Air India airplane crashing in Ahmedabad
Air India airplane crashes shortly after takeoff, carrying greater than 240 individuals
