9 h. ago Air India survivor explains how he just 'walked out' of plane before explosion

The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel when the plane came down shortly after takeoff in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad

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16 h. ago British 'miracle' sole survivor of Air India plane crash is reunited with his family as he mourns loss of brother

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, 40 is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, just a short distance from where the Gatwick bound flight crashed into buildings.

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21 h. ago Air India crash survivor reveals how he 'walked out' before explosion

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, says he has ‘no idea’ how he survived

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24 h. ago Air India plane crash latest: Pilot’s last words revealed as families wait anxiously for bodies of victims

India has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected

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33 h. ago British Air India crash survivor reveals how he 'just walked out' out of burning plane moments before it EXPLODED

British national, Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, has spoken of the moment he escaped from the burning plane.

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34 h. ago Small detail in Brit Air India plane crash survivor's memory could solve mystery

Vishwash Ramesh, 35, was the only survivor of the plane crash in India that left 241 people dead – and he has given a clue as to what may have caused the horrific accident

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35 h. ago Small detail in Brit survivor's memory of Air India plane crash could solve mystery

He was sitting in seat 11A when the plane when down in India.

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36 h. ago Air India plane crash latest: Airline carrying out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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37 h. ago Tiny detail in Brit survivor’s memory of Air India plane crash may solve mystery

Vishwash Ramesh was the only survivor from the Air India plane that crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad airport and he has given an insight into what may have caused the accident

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39 h. ago British Air India disaster survivor's first words to his father after he survived the crash are revealed as he is about to leave hospital with only minor injuries

The first words the sole survivor of the devastating Air India flight said to his father after his brother was killed on the Gatwick-bound aircraft have been revealed. 

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41 h. ago Revealed: Real reason why certain seats are the safest to sit on a plane

Seat 11A has been dubbed a 'miracle seat' after the Air India crash's sole survivor walked away from the wreckage - but experts say some areas of a plane are safer than others.

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44 h. ago British Air India disaster survivor's first words to his father after he survived the crash are revealed as more bodies are recovered and death toll rises to 279

The first words the sole survivor of the devastating Air India flight said to his father after his brother was killed on the Gatwick-bound aircraft has been revealed. 

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46 h. ago Air India plane crash latest: British investigators arrive to help find cause of disaster as death toll updated

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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49 h. ago Air India plane crash latest: British investigators reach India as second black box found in decade’s worst aviation disaster

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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56 h. ago News that 1 man survived the Air India plane crash weighs on some other sole survivors

News of the sole survivor of an Air India plane crash that killed the other 241 people aboard has led to endless fascination online

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60 h. ago Do 'miracle seats' whose occupants can survive a plane crash exist? Experts reveal all after Air India's sole survivor escaped from 11A

A British man sitting in seat 11A survived the fatal Air India Flight 171 to the awes of the world as many said it was an un-survivable flight. Now, experts reveal if miracle seats actually exist.

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61 h. ago 'Mystic' meaning behind miracle of 11A: Air India's sole survivor travelled in a seat with an 'angel number'

People are convinced that the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash - in what has been described as a miraculous event - was protected by his 'auspicious' seat number.

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61 h. ago Air India crash survivor’s family have received ‘no support’ in desperate bid to see relative

The family of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, claim they have received “no support” from the governments of the UK or India as they try to fly out to see their relative “as soon as possible”.

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61 h. ago Brit survivor of Air India plane ‘saw people dying in front of my eyes’ while in wreckage

Miracle man Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 38, said he thought he was ‘dead’ until he opened his eyes and 'looked around I realised I was alive' - 241 others were killed on board

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62 h. ago Air India crash survivor describes harrowing moment he woke up in wreckage as victims died around him

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he initially thought he too was dead, before realising he had survived the crash

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