Only the male survives burning A plane crash that killed 260 people In Western India five months ago he returned home to England, but he says his life has been affected by trauma, leaving him unable to even speak to his family.
Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed into a building in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on June 13, killing 19 people on the ground and everyone on board – except passenger in seat 11a, visash kumar ramesh.
Bloodstained on his T-shirt and connected to his phone, Ramesh drove away on June 13 from the extra strike of flight 171 in complete shock. Five months later, he still believes.
“It’s a miracle, isn’t it,” “Ramesh, UK National whose native language is Gujarati, told CBS News BBC News BBC News BBC News BBC News. “Still, I couldn’t believe it, I’m the only survivor.”
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His younger brother Ajay was among the 241 people killed on the plane. He was sitting just a few seats away.
“I am the luckiest person, but also, I lost everything. I, my brother, I lost my brother.”
Ramesh has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, haunted by the horrors of the day, and is still suffering physically, too.
“It’s very painful for me to explain what happened, even now. I can’t say that now,” he told the BBC. “Now I’m alone. I just stay in my room alone, I don’t talk to my wife, my son. I like to be alone in my house.”
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CBS News was at the crash site in the days following India’s worst air disaster, and we pressed Air India officials to confront the grieving families.
“The investigation will take time, but whatever we can do now, we’re doing,” said CEO Campbell Wilson after the accident. “We understand that people are eager to get information … in the meantime, our teams are working overnight with families to support the passengers, their team – and the investigators – however.”
Ramesh’s legal team says Air India has not provided adequate support or compensation, however. The Airline is making a temporary offer of less than $30,000.
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Air India told CBS news in a statement that “support during what should have been an unparalleled period” because Ramesh remains “very important.
The airline said it had asked to meet with him and “will continue to reach out, and we very much hope to receive a positive response.”
The cause of the fatal crash has not been confirmed, but the first report released in July by India on the crash accident said that the propeller engines on both Boeing 787 engines had been replaced, not long ago, within one second. resulting in both engines losing thrust.
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