Everything we know about the 'miraculous' survival of Air India passenger

A British nationalist has been identified arsenic nan sole subsister of an Air India crash that killed astatine slightest 290 people.

Air India Flight 171 was headed for Gatwick Airport from Ahmedabad, successful north-west India, connected Thursday. It was carrying complete 240 passengers.

It struggled to climb supra nan runway earlier it plummeted into a doctor's hostel, sidesplitting each but 1 personification connected board, and astatine slightest 50 much connected nan ground. One man walked distant from nan crash.

Who is nan only subsister of nan Air India Crash?

British nationalist Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was nan only survivor.

When nan level began descending, it divided successful half, throwing him from his spot earlier he heard a large explosion, a medic who said to Ramesh told nan Associated Press.

He was returning location to nan UK aft visiting family successful India.

How did Vishwash Kumar Ramesh survive?

It is unclear really Ramesh survived. 

He reportedly suffered "impact injuries" to his chest, eyes and feet.

A expert told CNN that Ramesh's information was "not very critical" and that he could beryllium released successful nan adjacent mates of days.

"He has immoderate humor successful nan images, but he's not very severely injured," said Dr. Rajnish Patel, professor and caput of room astatine Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.

"He is very comfortable and nether strict observation, nary issues."

According to Reuters, section constabulary said nan man had been successful spot 11A.

Indian news outlets person shared a photograph of Ramesh's boarding pass, which indicates that he was successful spot 11A of nan flight.

The spot was successful nan emergency exit row, conscionable successful beforehand of nan plane's near wing.

CNN information expert and erstwhile US Federal Aviation Administration information inspector David Soucie expressed astonishment that personification seated astatine that portion of nan level would past specified a crash.

That spot is "right wherever nan spar of nan helping would spell nether and it would beryllium a coagulated spot for nan craft to deed nan ground, but arsenic acold arsenic survivability supra it, that is incredibly surprising," he told CNN.

A British personnel of parliament said Ramesh's endurance was "nothing short of a miracle."

What is nan safest spot connected a plane? 

According to US aviation data, passengers sitting successful nan backmost of a level person nan highest chance of surviving a crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board successful nan US recovered that passengers astatine nan backmost of nan level had a 69 per cent chance of endurance during a crash, while passengers astatine nan beforehand had a 59 per cent chance of survival.

What did Ramesh opportunity astir nan crash? 

The Hindustan Times quoted Ramesh aft speaking to him successful section hospital, reportedly saying: Thirty seconds aft takeoff, location was a large sound and past nan level crashed. It each happened truthful quickly."

"When I sewage up, location were bodies each astir me. I was scared. I stood up and ran," he told nan newspaper.

"There were pieces of nan level each astir me. Someone grabbed clasp of maine and put maine successful an ambulance and brought maine to nan hospital."

Who was he travelling with?

Ramesh was travelling pinch his brother, who has not yet been found.

He is believed to person died successful nan crash. 

Ramesh said he was looking for his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh, successful nan wreckage, but he could not find him.

He was sitting successful a different row.

"We visited Diu," he said, referring to a coastal municipality astir 300 kilometres south-west of Ahmedabad.

"He was travelling pinch maine and I can't find him anymore. Please thief maine find him."