British sole survivor of Air India crash still hasn't flown home
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The sole British survivor of the Air India crash, still residing in India, has not yet reunited with his wife and son in the UK as he mourns the loss of his brother who perished in the accident three months prior.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, originally from Leicester, was a passenger on the ill-fated flight bound for London, which tragically crashed shortly after departing from Ahmedabad, northwest India, on June 12.

Of the 242 people on board, 241 were killed alongside 29 on the ground. 

Seated in 11A, Ramesh emerged with facial cuts and chest injuries, yet has been deeply affected by survivor’s guilt ever since. 

In an interview with The Times, his wife shared that he remains in India undergoing ongoing treatment and is heartbroken over the death of his brother Ajay, who was seated just across the aisle when the Boeing 787 crashed. 

‘The timing of his return to the UK is uncertain as his treatment continues. He witnessed everything, and losing his brother is the most significant impact. He is avoiding media interactions, even in India.’

Dubbed by Indian media as a ‘miracle man’, ‘God’s child’, and a ‘symbol of hope,’ Ramesh has previously expressed feeling ‘awful’ for not being able to save his brother and is tormented by guilt surrounding his passing.

His relatives in India previously spoke of how he struggled to sleep at night and was haunted by nightmares where he sees ‘everyone die’.

Ramesh had tried to book two seats next to each other on flight AI171.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the British sole survivor of the horrific Air India crash, pictured in hospital after the tragedy

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the British sole survivor of the horrific Air India crash, pictured in hospital after the tragedy 

This photo shared on X by India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows debris of a plane that crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025

This photo shared on X by India’s Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows debris of a plane that crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Ramesh is wracked with guilt as he faces the reality of being the only person out of 242 passengers and crew to survive the crash. Above, Indian Prime Minister Modi meeting the miracle survivor

Ramesh is wracked with guilt as he faces the reality of being the only person out of 242 passengers and crew to survive the crash. Above, Indian Prime Minister Modi meeting the miracle survivor

But by the time he came to make the reservation, he was forced to pick two seats apart from each other in row 11.

Vishwash told The Sun at the time: ‘If we had been sat together we both might have survived.

‘I tried to get two seats together but someone had already got one. Me and Ajay would have been sitting together.

‘But I lost my brother in front of my eyes. So now I am constantly thinking ‘Why can’t I save my brother?’.

Vishwash carried his brother’s coffin at a ceremony in Gujarat in June. He was later seen crying in anguish and had to be taken away. 

He was sitting next to one of the plane’s emergency exits, was able to crawl through a hole in the twisted fuselage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Footage exclusively obtained by MailOnline showed Vishwash tried going back to the site of the inferno to save his brother.

Vishwash told the first emergency service worker on site: ‘My family member is in there, my brother and he’s burning to death. I have to save him.’

Vishwash carried his brother's coffin at a ceremony in Gujarat in June

Vishwash carried his brother’s coffin at a ceremony in Gujarat in June 

Vishwash was later seen crying in anguish, and had to be carried away

Vishwash was later seen crying in anguish, and had to be carried away 

Emergency worker Satinder Singh Sandhu said: ‘I walked nearer to Mr Ramesh, grabbed him by the arm and led him away to a waiting ambulance.

‘I had no idea that he was a passenger on the plane and thought he was a resident of the hostel or a passer-by.

‘He was very disoriented and shocked and was limping. There was also blood on his face, but he was able to speak.

‘He told the paramedics that he was flying to London when the plane fell and that he wanted to go back to save his family.’

Shortly after the tragic crash he told Indian media: ‘I thought I would die. Everything happened in front of my eyes,’

‘I don’t know how I came out of it alive. I saw people dying in front of my eyes.’

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British.

The majority of families have received compensation from Air India worth about £21,500, and Ramesh may be entitled to claim compensation for physical injuries and the psychological trauma caused by the incident. 

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British

Two British families who received ‘other remains’ in the casket holding their relatives wrote an open letter to foreign secretary Yvette Cooper on Friday calling on her to demand answers from Indian authorities.

Miten Patel, the son of Ashok and Shobhana Patel, and Tom Donaghey, brother of Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, wrote: ‘Not only did we lose our family members in this tragedy but have since endured the unimaginable pain of their remains being mishandled, mislabelled, commingled and in one devastating case, completely lost without any explanation or any sort of empathetic response regarding this whatsoever from the authorities in India.’

They added: ‘For the last three months, we have tried to seek answers through the proper channels, but we have been met with silence and empty gestures.’

‘We are not asking for sympathy but are asking for accountability, responsibility and action. The silence and indifference that we have faced are further traumatising and have added to our grief and sorrow. We cannot mourn in peace until accountability for these wrongs are acknowledged and addressed.’

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