'I'm Broken': Lone AI-171 Crash Survivor Speaks Out; Walked Out Of Burning Jet, Now Stranded In UK

Exclusive interview with 39-year-old Leicester-based Indian, Vishwashkumar Ramesh - lone survivor of the Air India flight AI 171 (Ahmedabad–London Gatwick) crash. Speaking to TOI, four-and-a-half months after the June 12 crash, Vishwashkumar Ramesh talks about his fight to rebuild his life. He was in seat 11A by the emergency exit and somehow walked out of a burning wreck that killed 241 of the 242 people on board. Today, he lives with severe physical pain, limited mobility, no income, and deep trauma. “Mentally I have completely broken down,” he tells us from Leicester. After brief treatment in India, Vishwash returned to the UK on Sept 15, but says he is yet to receive NHS psychiatric support. He can’t drive, struggles to walk and mostly stays indoors. The family fishing business in Diu, which he ran with his brother, has collapsed. His wife’s UK universal credit was stopped after she had to travel to India for two months post-crash. Watch the story of survival — but also of what comes after...

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