Narendra Modi visited the site of a tragic Air India crash on Friday, where he expressed condolences and solidarity with the victims and their families. Unequal fees and priorities The crash occurred shortly after takeoff and caused 112 deaths and more than 200 injuries. In reply, the local community has shown extraordinary mourning and unity. Among the deceased was Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, a British couple who ran a spiritual wellness center.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old survivor of the crash, shared his harrowing account with DD News from his hospital bed. Ramesh brilliantly and vividly described those horrifying minutes before disaster struck. “It was like once that plane took off we were frozen in the air in five or ten seconds,” he said. All of a sudden, the lights began to flash – green and white.
By the time the plane was making its final, fateful descent, Ramesh assumed he’d died. When the plane crashed into the Pentagon and exploded, an experience he said was like something out of a movie. He described in graphic detail witnessing “people dying in front of my eyes” as panic and disaster broke out all around.
Against all the odds, Ramesh made it out of the wreckage alive. “I managed to unbuckle myself, used my leg to push through that opening, and crawled out. I don’t know how I survived,” he stated. Ramesh’s survival instinct pulled him up and over the debris that was all that remained of the aircraft.
That tragic crash, in addition to many others, took the lives of at least five medical students, in addition to the Greenlaw-Meeks. Nearly 50 more were injured. The impact of this tragedy is still being felt as investigators work to determine what caused this crash.
On his visit to the hospital, Prime Minister Modi met with Ramesh and encouraged him with all his best words and support. The Prime Minister’s presence at the crash site highlighted the government’s commitment to addressing this devastating incident and providing aid to those affected.