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Hindustan OccasionsA person survived the Air India crash that killed a minimum of 200 individuals, a police chief has advised an Indian information company.
Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik advised ANI there was one survivor who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 flight.
The flight manifest shared by authorities mentioned the passenger in that seat was British nationwide Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.
Indian media mentioned that they had spoken to Mr Ramesh in hospital and reported him saying: “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise after which the aircraft crashed. All of it occurred so rapidly.”
Indian media mentioned he shared his boarding go which confirmed his title and seat quantity.
Commissioner Malik advised ANI the survivor “has been within the hospital and is underneath remedy”.
There have been 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the Gatwick Airport-bound flight, Air India mentioned.
The aircraft crashed into lodging utilized by docs lower than a minute after take-off.
In an announcement the King and Queen mentioned they had been “desperately shocked by the horrible occasions in Ahmedabad this morning”.
“Our particular prayers and deepest potential sympathy are with the households and mates of all these affected by this appallingly tragic incident throughout so many countries, as they await information of their family members,” the assertion added.
In the meantime, UK Overseas Secretary David Lammy has organized disaster groups in India and the UK.
He advised the Commons: “We all know that British nationals had been on board and I can verify that the FCDO (Overseas, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace) is working urgently with native authorities to assist British nationals and their households, and has stood up a disaster group in each Delhi and in London.”
