Air India Survivor’s Brother Was Killed. He Was in the Same Row, in the Other Window Seat
- Viswash Kumar Ramesh was the only survivor of the Air India Flight 171 disaster at Ahmedabad airport, which killed everyone else on board, including his brother.
- Ramesh walked through the wreckage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner while holding his boarding pass.
- He reported seeing bodies around him and expressed fear as he escaped.
- Ramesh asked for help finding his brother, saying, 'We were supposed to go home together.
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Air India crash survivor’s family in desperate bid to see relative
The family of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, claim they have received “no support” from the governments of the UK or India as they try to fly out to see their relative “as soon as possible”. Hiren Kantilal, Ramesh's cousin, revealed that 14 family members have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to board a plane to Ahmedabad, after their flight out on Friday morning (June 13) was cancelled and other airli…
The family of the passenger who survived the air disaster of Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12, is drawn between the relief of living knowledge, and the sadness in the face of the death of his brother, also on the plane.

Air India survivor’s brother was killed. He was in the same row, in the other window seat
Ramesh Viswashkumar miraculously survived the Air India Flight 171 crash that killed everyone else onboard, including his brother, Ajay, who was sitting just metres away. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in a residential area shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad, north-west India, on Thursday.
A day after the tragedy that claimed the lives of 265 people, harrowing stories are emerging about the passengers of the Air India flight. A 40-year-old British citizen was the sole survivor. He emerged on his own two feet after crawling through a hole in the fuselage of the plane. His joy is overshadowed by the loss of his brother, who was on the same plane but sitting in a different row.
Air India survivor escaped through emergency door — while brother just seats away among more than 240 killed
The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash escaped the fiery wreckage through an emergency exit door, he said — while one of his brothers was among the more than 240 killed, despite being just seats away. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, was filmed limping on the streets of Ahmedabad in a blood-stained T-shirt with... The post Air India survivor escaped through emergency door — while brother just seats away among more than 240 killed appeared firs…
Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 40 years old, is the only survivor of the plane accident that killed 268 people, 27 of whom in the buildings where Boeing 787 of Air India landed before burning, in Ahmedabad, this Thursday. Also, the family of man, who has Indian and British nationality, called for a "mirag" for his 45-year-old brother Ajay Kumar Ramesh, who also followed the boat. "And a miracle for my other brother?" asked the newest cellman, Nayan Kumar…
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