It seemed impossible, but shortly after news broke that an Air India flight had crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, video started circulating on social media showing a man walking from the scene in a bloodstained shirt. <\/p>\n
Then, it emerged there was one survivor: a British national of Indian origin, identified as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh by the Hindustan Times. <\/p>\n
\u201cThirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,\u201d it quoted him as saying in an interview at the hospital where he was being treated. <\/p>\n
He said he had been visiting family and was returning to the UK with his brother, who had been sitting in a different row. He didn\u2019t know if his brother had survived, he said. <\/p>\n
Air India later confirmed that of the 242 people on board the flight, 241 had died, making Ramesh the sole survivor. <\/p>\n
His cousin Ajay Valgi told reporters in Leicester, England, that Ramesh had called his family to tell them he\u2019s \u201cfine,\u201d adding that they were upset about his brother and all of the others who died. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe has some blood in the images, but he\u2019s not very badly injured. He is very comfortable and under strict observation, no issues,\u201d said Dr. Rajnish Patel, professor and head of surgery at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. <\/p>\n
Ramesh\u2019s survival was described as miraculous by a British member of parliament. <\/p>\n
The doctor added that t\ufeffhe death toll is likely to rise. <\/p>\n
Earlier Thursday, Swapnil Bhalodia of the Indian Medical Association Medical Students Network said at least three medical students had died in the crash and another 30 were injured. <\/p>\n
The plane was headed for London\u2019s Gatwick airport and was carrying Indian, British, Canadian and Portuguese nationals. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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