Eric Patrick
A 40-year-old British national of Indian origin, Viswash Kumar, who is the only survivor of the Indian tragic plane crash has spoken from his hospital bed saying that he did not know how he survived.
Speaking to India’s state broadcaster, DD News he said, “I don’t believe how I survived. For some time, I thought I was also going to die.
“But when I opened my eyes, I realised I was alive and I tried to unbuckle myself from the seat and escape from where I could.
“It was in front of my eyes that the air hostess and others died.”
Viswash kumar was seated in 11A, near an emergency exit. according to police and hospital officials, the section of the plane where he sat came to rest in a way that allowed him to spot an opening through a broken hatch.
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“The side of the plane I was in landed on the ground, and I could see that there was space outside the aircraft,” he said.
“So when my door broke, I tried to escape through it, and I did. The opposite side of the aircraft was blocked by the building wall, so nobody could have come out of there.”
Footage of Viswash kumar limping through the streets in a blood-stained T-shirt, bruised and dazed, has flooded Indian media and gone viral on social media platforms.
He has been kept under observation at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.