Viswashkumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the June 2025 Air India aircraft crash, has spoken publicly for the primary time since returning to the UK. He opened up concerning the psychological and bodily toll the tragedy has taken on him and his household. He additionally stated that he felt just like the luckiest man alive.
The London-bound Boeing 787 crashed quickly after take-off from Gujarat’s Ahmedabad airport on June 12. Footage on numerous information channels confirmed Ramesh strolling away from the blazing wreckage of the aircraft. The visuals shocked everybody.
Ramesh was the lone survivor amongst 230 individuals on board. The lethal crash killed 241 individuals on board, together with 12 crew members, and 19 on the bottom.
Now, chatting with the BBC, the 39-year-old Ramesh stated, “I nonetheless can’t imagine it. I’m the one one who survived.”
His youthful brother, Ajay, who was seated a number of rows away from him within the ill-fated aircraft, didn’t survive. Following the tragedy, Ramesh grew to become a topic of worldwide consideration. He was additionally identified with post-traumatic stress dysfunction, based on the BBC.
He just lately returned to his Leicester house and is now making an attempt to rebuild a way of normalcy.
Sanjiv Patel and Radd Seiger, two of his advisors, sat subsequent to Ramesh when the BBC visited him at his home for the interview.
