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A British man has walked away from the wreckage of the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people in an extraordinary tale of survival.

Vishwashkumar Ramesh was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 flight when it crashed shortly after take off in Ahmedabad, western India.

Mr Ramesh's brother, Nayan Kumar Ramesh, told BBC News Vishwashkumar "has no idea how he survived" and escaped the plane as the only survivor.

There were 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the Gatwick Airport-bound flight, Air India said.

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 71 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

WALKED AWAY??? Literally? Thats insane

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's possible that other people survived the initial crash, but it was the ability of this guy to quickly regain consciousness and walk away that meant that he managed to avoid post-crash fires (which others may not have been able to escape). So it might make sense that he only survived because he was able to walk away quickly after the crash.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 weeks ago

The fumes and smoke alone would have killed people quickly

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

"This is my stop."

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Un fucking believable. He fucking walked away. Walked to the fucking ambulance. Dude will be swimming in sexual attraction.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

walked away like in the movies behind you, when something explodes added for dramatics.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I saw some reporting saying that he somehow jumped out of the plane just before it crashed, but that makes no sense, and he's quoted as saying that he has no idea how he survived.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 62 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] preludeofme@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly what I thought when I heard about it lol

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Taking an international flight tomorrow, Friday 13th. My wife is in 11A. Not sure how to feel about this.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 31 points 3 weeks ago

Ask to switch seats

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

At this point I'd be only booking non-Boeing flights.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I doubt this crash is Boeing's fault. The airframe in this crash was considered very safe.

The more probable cause is Air India being lax in safety.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah idk the cause, but the chance of being in a crash yourself is still miniscule, but still a bit scary i guess, even if it's safer than driving.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

I believe this is the first fatal incident with the 787 and the first hull loss. It has a remarkable safety record over nearly 14 years.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

Ask her to buy a lottery ticket? Just to be sure?

(Yes, I know, I'm kidding)

[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I made the mistake of looking at youtube comments on this story... Holy racism batman...

[–] s049031@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

YouTube comments and chat aren't even worth checking out anymore. It's just garbage.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

🧑‍🚀🔫👩‍🚀

YouTube [isn't] even worth checking out anymore. It's just garbage.

[–] gaja@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago

Literally 4chan was celebrating the plane crash

You got what you paid for

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn't this the plot of Unbreakable, more or less, but with a train instead?

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly, although the events leading to the crash were more sinister

Unbreakable movie spoilerThere is a flashback at the end of the movie showing Mr. Glass bombing an airplane and burning a hotel down, along with sabotaging the train Bruce Willis' character survived. It's implied that Mr. Glass had been responsible for other mass causality events to find someone Unbreakable as well.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

That's a hell of a stiff upper lip.

[–] fastandspurious@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Time to buy a fucking lottery ticket

[–] k_rol@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think THAT was his lottery win.

[–] Bentov@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I’d book seat 11A for life….and get it as a tattoo.

[–] Luouth@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's some Final Destination shit right there. Dude is gonna be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 4 points 3 weeks ago

I thought final destination had death chase folks who had a vision of an impending accident and they used that foreknowledge to avoid their fate? To be fair, I haven't seen any other than the first one, and that was through my fingers. (I am not a brave man)

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Final destination.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

And if the flight is over an hour late you get back some of the money!