As confirmed by the police authorities, Ramesh was sitting in seat 11Alocated next to one of the emergency exits of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. That location was Key to your survival. As soon as the impact occurred, Kumar He pushed the emergency door and threw himself out of the fuselage before the fire and debris reached him. That decision, made in seconds, was what made the difference between Life and death.
“When I got up, there was corpses around me. I got scared. I got up and ran. There were pieces of the plane around me (…) Someone grabbed me and put me in an ambulance and took me to the hospital ”he told Hindustan Times from his hospital bed.
The video that circulates on social networks shows A bloody and disoriented manwith the same appearance as Kumar in the photos disseminated by the media. Although Reuters could not verify its authenticity, in the clip it is heard saying: “They are all inside.”
In statements to the BBC, Ajay Valgicousin of the survivor, said that Ramesh managed to communicate on the phone to warn that he was alive. “He just said he was fine, nothing more”he said. However, the family still has no news of His brotherwho was traveling in another row.
The police chief of Ahmedabad, Gs Malikconfirmed that the plane hit a Faculty of Medicine near the airport and that they had recovered At least 204 bodies. The total impact on the residential area is still investigated.
The most tragic accident of the decade
The aircraft transported 242 people and was destined for Gatwick Airport, in London. Minutes after takeoff, fell abruptly and unleashed The worst aerial tragedy of the world in the last ten years.
Among the passengers there were 217 adults, 11 children and two babies. Most were Indian citizens, although there were also British, Portuguese and a Canadian. The United Kingdom will send researchers to India for collaborate in clarifying the incident.
The plane was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamlinerconsidered one of the most Modern market. The images of a security camera show that He lost strength in the air before rushing.
Meanwhile, relatives were summoned to deliver DNA samples to identify victimsas announced by the Secretary of Health of the State, Dhananjay Dwivedi. The investigation is still ongoing and the fuselage images embedded in the building reflect the magnitude of the tragedy.
Source: Ambito
