AI171 Flight chair from Air India. The passenger who occupied that place is the only survivor of the plane crash who occurred on Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. The plane, A Boeing 787He left early in the morning in the direction of London airport in Gatwick With 242 people on boardCrashed a few minutes after taking length against a home of medical students, the BJ Medical College, located in a residential area of one of the most populated areas in the country.
In the beginning, Local authorities They announced the possibility that there was no survivor. However, they later confirmed the finding of a man, who was taken to the hospital, where he receives medical care. But They have not offered any details About his state of health.
Several Indian television channels spread images of a man who, according to the local media, would be the only survivor of the accident. The newspaper Hindustan Times He managed to talk to him. This is Ramesh Viswashkumar, 40, who showed the newspaper A boarding card in your name For the 11th chair of the destroyed flight.
“Thirty seconds after taking off, a strong sound was heard and then the plane crashed,” he said from his bed in the hospital. “Everything happened very quickly. When I got meaning again, there were bodies around me. I was scared. I got up and ran. There were remains of the plane everywhere. Someone grabbed me and put me in an ambulance. That’s how I arrived at the hospital, “says the desk Reuters.
Viswashkumar also explained the newspaper that he was traveling with his brother Ajay, sitting in a different row. “I was with me during the flight and now I can’t find it. Please help me to find him,” he begged. As reported by the airline, at least 169 Indian citizens, 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian flee.
No official figures
At the moment, no authority has offered an official figure of victims of the accident. The police commissioner, GS Malik, has asked for caution when making a definitive balance. “We still can’t confirm how many people died,” he said. Yet he acknowledged that the possibilities to find more survivors, “Very limited” amended.
Dozens of bodies have been transferred to different hospitals in the past hours, while rescue work continues between the burnt remains of the hull. The emergency equipment They also work between the ruins of a home of medical students, which was seriously damaged by the collision. At least five people died in that building and dozens were injured.
A police source cited by the Agency Reuters Increased the provisional figure from the deceased to more than 290, almost half a hundred more than the passengers who were on board the plane.
