297 killed in Ahmedabad plane crash

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the sole survivor of the accident

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) – In a plane crash here, 241 passengers, crew and 56 others, total 297 individuals have lost their lives. The sole survivor of the passengers is getting medical treatment in a government hospital. The name of this passenger is Vishvas Kumar Ramesh. He is a British citizen of Indian origin. The Prime Minister visited the hospital to console the injured people, he also visited Ramesh. “I can’t believe how I came out alive”

Visited the crash site in Ahmedabad today. The scene of devastation is saddening. Met officials and teams working tirelessly in the aftermath. Our thoughts remain with those who lost their loved ones in this unimaginable tragedy. pic.twitter.com/R7PPGGo6Lj

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 13, 2025

Ramesh told the media, “I was on seat 11A. When the plane crashed into a building, the emergency door next to my seat broke and I saw that I could go out from there. I unfastened the seat belt, came out from the open door and ran. My hands and feet got injured. Immediately after the take-off, instead of going up the plane nosedived and crashed. All this happened within a few seconds. I can’t believe how I survived. For a few seconds I thought that I was dying, when I opened my eyes, I felt that I was alive and can come out of the place and I did that.

Out of 242, only one living survivor is Vishwas Kumar Ramesh.

May be the part of the plane where my seat was, crashed into the lower part of the building. The upper part was burning and many people were trapped there. On the other side of my seat there was a wall and no one could escape from that side. 2 air hostesses, an elderly couple and everything else was burning in front of me.”