MIRACULOUS Brit survivor of the horror Air India crash Vishwash Ramesh has told how he leapt out of the blazing plane when he realised he was alive.
After narrowly cheating death, the 40-year-old detailed how he survived the in Ahmedabad which .
While meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the said: “Everything happened in front of me and I couldn’t believe how I had come out alive.
“I thought for a second that I was going to die. But when I opened my eyes, I realised I was alive.”;
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Vishwash told how he “tried to slip out”; when the jet’s door blew out following the crash which sent the into a huge fireball.
“I saw the air hostess, other passengers all in front of me,”; he said.
“Within a few seconds, it felt the plane had stopped, and the green and white lights switched on.”;
He said while the plane was taking off, “it felt like maybe [the pilot] suddenly accelerated”;.
But it quickly “ from there at high speed”; just moments after becoming airborne
“I saw everything,”; he claimed.
The resident of 20 years said that he wasn’t sitting on the side of the plane which initially smashed into the hostel.
He was sitting in seat 11A – a spot on the plane’s left side just behind business class and next to the emergency exit.
His brother, who is feared dead, was sitting on the opposite side of the plane in seat 11J.
Fortunate Vishwash speculated: “I think the side I was on was not facing the hostel. I don’t know about others.”;
He told of the nightmare moment he escaped the terrifying inferno.
“The door broke [near me] broke off and I tried to slip out,”; he said.
“The opposite side of the plane hit the wall. That’s why others could not get out.”;
He added that he was rushed to an ambulance and taken straight to hospital as soon as he got out, and praised his doctors and the treatment he has received so far.
“My treatment is going well, and the people are very supportive.”;
After barely escaping the harrowing near-death experience, Vishwash rang home and told his family he had no idea how he survived.
He begged officials to find his brother while in hospital with injuries to his chest and face.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Vishwash on Friday following his terrifying ordeal.
A total of 52 British citizens were last night missing and feared dead on Thursday night after rescue teams recovered more than 265 bodies at the crash site.
His brother Ajaykumar Ramesh, 35, is believed to have been seated in seat 11J – just four seats away from Vishwash.
Ajaykumar is officially missing – but Indian officials have said Vishwash is believed to be the flight’s sole survivor.
Incredible footage shows him walking away from the wreckage almost unscathed.
Flanked by the locals, he can be seen making his way towards an ambulance with blood caking his face.
Speaking in Hindi, he says: “I just got out of the plane, it exploded.”;
Vishwash, who still had his boarding pass, toldHindustan Times: “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.”;
Later, the Londoner described the moment of the disaster from his hospital bed.
He said, “When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me.
“Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”;
One relative said Vishwash called home to say he “is fine”; but has “no idea”; how he escaped the catastrophe alive.
His other brother Nayan Kumar Ramesh, 27, said: “We were just shocked as soon as we heard it. I last spoke to him yesterday morning.
“We’re devastated, just devastated. He [Vishwash] said: ‘I have no idea how I exited the plane.'”;
Another relative called Jay said: “After the crash he [Vishwash] spoke to his dad worrying about his brother saying: ‘Where’s Ajay?’
“He’s got some injuries on his face. He was painted in blood. He was pretty much covered in blood, that’s what his dad said.”;
He added: “He’s doing well I think. It’s a big shock. I don’t have many words to describe the incident.”;
The Dreamliner lost contact just seconds after take-off, according to flight tracking website Flightradar.
A final alert was last logged less than a minute after it started the journey from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
It had only reached 625ft at the time, officials believe.
Seconds before the, the Boeing was filmed flying low over the Meghani Nagar residential area with the pilots appearing to be in a desperate bid to keep the plane in the air.
Moments later, it is seen disappearing behind buildings before a huge blast erupts in the distance.
Thick plumes of black smoke can then be seen pouring into thesky.
UK Prime Minister Sirsaid: “The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating.”;
also said both he andare “desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad this morning”;.
The US-built Boeing 787 is one of the world’s most advanced airliners and the accident is the first fatal crash involving the plane.
