The sole British survivor of the Air India plane crash said he walked out of a broken emergency exit after the aircraft hit a medical college hostel in the city of Ahmedabad.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who police said was on seat 11A near the emergency exit and managed to escape through the broken hatch, was filmed after Thursday’s crash limping on the street in a blood-stained T-shirt with bruises on his face.
“The side of the plane I was in landed on the ground, and I could see that there was space outside the aircraft, so when my door broke I tried to escape through it and I did,” the 40-year-old told Indian state broadcaster DD News from his hospital bed earlier this morning.
“The opposite side of the aircraft was blocked by the building wall so nobody could have come out of there.”
Viswashkumar said he walked out of the crash site with only burn injuries on his left arm.