49 m. ago British Air India plane crash survivor describes how the jet split in two and he was 'ejected' before it exploded, killing two air hostesses 'before my eyes'

Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, miraculously survived the plane disaster, which killed all but one 242 passengers and crew on-board in in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad.

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50 m. ago ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor of Air India flight 171 on his escape – latest updates

Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivorRescue teams with sniffer dogs comb site of deadly crashThe Air India flight 171 crash – a visual guideHere are a couple of images coming in via the newswires:Gatwick airport posted on X that it could confirm the Air India flight AI171, which had been due to arrive at 6.25pm in London, had crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport. It added that more information would follow. Continue reading...

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52 m. ago Video shows object 'flying off Air India plane' seconds before crash

Investigators are poring over the footage amid claims that the flying debris may have been the emergency door immediately next to the sole survivor of the Ahmedabad air disaster.

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54 m. ago Who is the miracle man in Seat 11A? Everything we know about Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash

Astonishing footage captured 40-year-old Londoner stumbling away from the crash site, visibly bloodied and disoriented

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58 m. ago Heartbreak as youngest named victims of Air India crash so far are revealed to be in British family

Harrods brand ambassador Mariam Ali Syed, 35, her husband Javed - a hotel - and their children, Zayn, five, and Amani, four, died on the flight.

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British rock star is currently rehearsing for the band’s massive reunion tour

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70 m. ago British tourist, 68, is found dead on beach at famous Greek island resort town

A British tourist has been found dead on a beach in a famous Greek island resort town. 

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71 m. ago ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’ – lone Air India plane crash survivor

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh spoke from his hospital bed following the fireball crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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87 m. ago BBC star feared dead in Air India plane crash after tragic final post

Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, 42, was among the 53 British nationals due to be on board the doomed Air India flight

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88 m. ago Miracle of Seat 11A: British passenger sole survivor of Air India crash that killed 241 others

Family of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, say he has ‘no idea’ how he survived

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1 hour ago Indian PM visits British lone survivor of Air India crash in hospital

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the sole survivor of the devastating Air India flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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1 hour ago British Air India plane crash survivor describes how the jet split in two and he was 'ejected' before it exploded

Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, miraculously survived the plane disaster, which killed all but one 242 passengers and crew on-board in in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad.

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The two men, said to be heading towards a supermarket to buy alcohol for a party, were detained by armed officers in Cheltenham - near the HQ dubbed 'The Doughnut'.

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1 hour ago George Mills reveals brutally honest key behind stunning British 5,000m record

The Team GB runner has his sights set on a medal at the Tokyo World Championships after a superb performance at the Oslo Diamond League

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