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lone survivor in Seat 11A - Vishwash Kumar Ramesh
A British father has miraculously survived the Air India plane disaster, believed to have claimed the lives of hundreds of people in India.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, spoke from the safety of a hospital bed after escaping from the fallen Gatwick-bound Flight 171 this morning.
The passenger, who was in seat 11A when the plane came down in a residential area, recalled: 'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.'
'When I got up, there were bodies all around me,' he told local media. 'I was scared. I stood up and ran.
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1) Vishwash was returning home to London after visiting family in India
2) Astonishing footage showed the man walking away from the scene with some visible injuries to his face
3) Authorities had said earlier they believed there were no survivors on the Gatwick-bound flight that crashed in Gujarat carrying 242 passengers, including 53 Britons
4) Police said they had found a lone survivor who had been sitting in seat 11A when Flight 171 crashed shortly after takeoff in India this morning