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Air India crash: miraculous recovery of passenger 'needs to be established', expert claims
Jun 12, 2025
An aviation expert has declared it is "remarkable" that British survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was able to walk away from the shocking Air India plane crash.Speaking to GB News, Anita Mendiratta claimed thats Ramesh survived "two extreme events" to walk away from the rubble.FULL STORY HERE.
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Now over 50 British nationals are feared dead after an Air India flight bound for London
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Gatswick crashed shortly after takeoff earlier today. But according to Indian media, a British national has miraculously survived the Air India plane crash
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Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he heard a loud noise around 30 seconds after takeoff before the plane went down
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And the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was engulfed in a huge fireball after plummeting into a building in the suburb of Ahmedabad in western India
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And local police have said they've confirmed that over 290 people have now died
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Well, we can speak now with the aviation expert, Anita Menderata. Anita, welcome to the show
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We've been trying our best to try and work out how on earth the passenger in seat 11A could possibly have survived
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Can you help us shed any light on what just seems to be an abject miracle I think as you using the word correctly it is miraculous that it happened especially when you consider the fact that the flight was on departure
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which means it was operating with a full tank of fuel. We're looking at about 130 tons worth of jet fuel
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So how he was able to manage the explosion, the impact as well, is quite remarkable
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So there's much information to be understood about what exactly happened in Ahmedabad this morning or this afternoon, rather, in local time
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But we need to establish this miraculous recovery of a passenger within that mix as well
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Anita, if we get on the screen now, we have a picture of the seating plan
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Many people watching this will, many people, sorry, we don't have that, many people will recall themselves sitting
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That's basically the first row of economy. It's an emergency exit seat
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It's towards the front of the aircraft. We're always led to believe that's the most dangerous place
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and you safer towards the rear of the craft Anita this just seems to defy everything we know to be logical You absolutely right And again when it comes to passengers
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and where they should sit on the aircraft, this is often, often a situation
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that is being examined after an incident. But it all depends as well, Martin, on the type of incident
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Again, this is one where you had a massive explosion, plus you had a high degree of impact
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So it depends very much on if there was an impact, is it better to be at the back of the plane
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If there's an explosion, is it better to be far from where the fuel is carried? How he could have survived both of those extreme events in this incident is remarkable
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So I think there's as much prayer to be given to the speculation that's underway
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I think a lot of people watching that footage of the individual, this miracle man
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Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, simply walking away with, let's face it, As you can see on your screen there, if you can't listen on the radio
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it's a man just walking away. A little bit of blood on his T He shooing away reporters slightly limping But I mean he could have fallen off a push bike It just incredible This individual has just got out of an aircraft
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that went up in a huge fireball, hundreds of tons of aviation fuel, plowed into residential areas
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Anita, he's just walking away. I think what's really important about what you're saying
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Martin, is that physically he might be walking away. But this poor soul is traumatized for the
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rest of his life, as are those around, as are everyone who's been involved in this incident
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whether they're a spectator or whether they're directly involved on the ground
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This is incredibly important when it comes to aviation, because as much as we love aviation
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and it's awe-inspiring and all that it unlocks in the world for us and our imaginations
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our imaginations go through enormous strain when we see these types of incidents
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This poor soul now walking away, the trauma that is in his cellular system
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Anyone who goes through a crisis, it's absorbed into your system. So there's a huge amount of healing that needs to be done with this poor man over and above the wounds that we're seeing on the screen
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