Air India’s sole survivor recalls crash
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Incredible new footage shows the sole survivor of the devastating Air India crash walking away calmly from the wreckage — as the aircraft explodes in a huge fireball behind him.
The Air India plane crash resulted in one of the deadliest aircraft crashes in the world, claiming the lives of 241 souls on board and many others on the ground, with only one survivor successfully walking out of the accident scene.
All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off.
Jamie Ray Meek was one of 53 British nationals onboard Air India Flight AI171, en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick. Young girl Khushbu Rajpurohit lost her life. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national,