Designated Survivor - Air India crash

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Miracle escape of 'seat 11A' as British SURVIVOR is seen WALKING AWAY from Air India crash jet on local TV, after police said they feared all 244 on board Gatwick-bound flight had died​

A British father miraculously walked away from the Air India plane disaster which is believed to have claimed the lives of hundreds of people.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, spoke from the safety of a hospital bed hours after making an incredible escape from the doomed Gatwick-bound Flight 171 earlier today.

Astonishing footage showed the passenger with visible injuries hobbling away from the scene of the crash. He reportedly sustained injuries to his chest, eyes and feet.

Police found the passenger, who had been in seat 11A when the jet came down, in a residential area in Gujarat, and transferred him to a nearby hospital for treatment.

'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,' he told local media.

'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.'

Mr Ramesh, who lives in London with his wife and child, was travelling home from seeing family in India when the plane crashed, hitting buildings housing doctors in the city of Ahmedabad.

On the ground, police said they had found another survivor in the hospital struck by the plane.

Authorities had said earlier that they believed there were no survivors on the flight. The plane had been carrying 242 passengers, including 53 Britons.

Those on board also included 159 Indian nationals, seven Portuguese and a Canadian. Eleven of those on board were children, including two newborns.

Rescue teams supported by the military have recovered 204 bodies from the scene so far, with casualties from the plane and the area surrounding the crash.

Aviation experts say that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may have suddenly lost power 'at the most critical phase of flight' after takeoff.

Survivor of Air India crash is seen WALKING AWAY from wreckage

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.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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[05C40]

Mr. Ramesh needs to turn and run if he is approached by Elijah Price.

 

[ZenMode]

Which lucky religion is going to get the benefit of this guys membership? He's from India, so the odds say Hindu.

 

[Calheel]

Which lucky religion is going to get the benefit of this guys membership? He's from India, so the odds say Hindu.

He is from the UK, not India.

 

[ZenMode]

He is from the UK, not India.

The articles said he was visiting family in India. I figured there's some kind of connection there that would bring Hinduism into the discussion of religion.

Honestly, the post was in jest.....

 

[Zoo_View]

The articles said he was visiting family in India. I figured there's some kind of connection there that would bring Hinduism into the discussion of religion.

Honestly, the post was in jest.....

It landed like a LEAD BALLOON.

 

[OGtruthhurts]

lifes a game of luck from beginning to end

 

[ZenMode]

lifes a game of luck from beginning to end

we are just along for the ride.

 

[gregh1]

He is from the UK, not India.

So... footballism or royalism?

 

[p5mmr9]

Does every subject require flippant jokes?

 

[gregh1]

Does every subject require flippant jokes?

Depends on the perceived subject, depends on the mood and needs of the person making the joke and how they perceive the tone of prior posts. On message boards it doesn't always depend on the mood of every potential board member or their interpretation of the subject of the OP. In my opinion, the subject is about this guy being a 'miracle', the subject isn't about the lives lost due to the crash. I don't believe in divine intervention, so I don't see a problem with zenmode making a joke about which religion can claim the miracle - so that joke made me chuckle. And my mood needed to "share" my hilarious joke too.

EditToAdd, if you are super offended by the jokes, i'm curious how/why, small chance that next time my perception of a thread like this could be different.