VIDEO: Rescuers pull out one survivor from Air India crashed jet in Ahmedabad
- Last updated: June 12, 2025 | 18:38
Emergency personnel said that a male survivor has emerged from the ill-fated Air India jet that crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.
According to reports, a 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, reported to have survived the Air India crash.
He was seated away from his brother, who remains missing.
Ramesh said, “There was a huge bang just seconds after takeoff. I ran through smoke and fire.”
He is one of the only confirmed survivors so far.
Media reports said police found one survivor on flight, another found in the hospital and under treatment
On the other hand, Tata Group, which owns Air India, says it will give 1 crore rupees – the equivalent of around $117,000 – to the families of each person who was killed in the crash.
It will also cover the medical expenses of those injured and provide support for rebuilding the medical hostel that was hit.
"No words can adequately express the grief we feel at this moment," it says in a statement posted on X.
The passenger plane bound for London with more than 242 people on board crashed Thursday in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, and there were no known survivors, officials said.
It was not immediately clear why the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, a widebody, twin-engine plane. This is the first crash ever of Dreamliner since it went into service in 2009, according to the Aviation Safety Network database.
Air India said there were 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian on the flight bound for London Gatwick Airport. Part of the plane fell on top of a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing at least five medical students and injuring nearly 50, according to a medical association.