The recent Air India crash has left the world stunned — and many are asking the same question.
On Thursday, June 12, an Air India flight crashed just minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport in India. Disturbing footage captured the aircraft rapidly descending into a residential area, followed by a fiery explosion on impact.
The flight, designated AI 171, was en route to London Gatwick and was scheduled to land at 6:25 p.m. local time. According to the airline, there were 242 passengers and crew members aboard.
Air India confirmed: “Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals.”
The crash shocked the global community and left many with unanswered questions.
Only one person reportedly survived the disaster — 40-year-old British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was seated in 11A.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, but no official explanation has been provided so far.
While many are eager to understand what caused the crash, an even more pressing question has captured public attention: How did someone in seat 11A manage to survive?
Social media users have been speculating about whether Ramesh’s seat location played a role in his survival or whether it came down to sheer chance.
One person on Twitter suggested: “Likely jumped/was flung clear pre-fire. Reinforced frame + instant egress + luck.”
Another wrote: “Next to the frame structure, in front of the wing, no seats in front of him. Increases time of impulse while protecting him from full structural compression?”
A third added: “Pure Luck. That’s all it is. Not karma. Not an act of God. Just luck.”
Experts have also commented on the astonishing nature of Ramesh’s survival, calling the crash essentially unsurvivable.
Professor Edwin Galea, director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich, told The Telegraph:
“As far as this accident is concerned, I think it’s miraculous that anyone survived because I think technically this crash is probably a non-survivable crash.
“We still don’t know enough about it, but a fully fuelled aircraft crashing into a built-up area, it’s probably unlikely that we would expect to see any survivors from this.
“This is probably an unsurvivable crash a) because it’s in a built-up area and b) because the damage to the fuselage would have been so severe. Plus the huge post-crash fire would make it unlikely. The fact that one person has survived, I think, is miraculous.”
Source: unilad.com