<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A British national has been identified as the sole survivor of an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/india-plane-crash-air-india-flight-bound-for-london-crashes-in-ahmedabad/6806fd41-e9da-4bb5-949b-29388bec109d" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Air India crash"><span>Air India crash</span></a><span> that killed at least 290 people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Air India Flight 171 was headed for Gatwick Airport from Ahmedabad, in north-west India, on Thursday. It was carrying over 240 passengers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It struggled to climb above the runway before it plummeted into a doctor's hostel, killing all but one person on board, and at least 50 more on the ground. One man walked away from the crash.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/india-plane-crash-air-india-flight-bound-for-london-crashes-in-ahmedabad/6806fd41-e9da-4bb5-949b-29388bec109d" target="_blank"><strong><span>More than 290 feared dead after plane crashes outside airport in Indian city of Ahmedabad</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Who is the only survivor of the Air India Crash?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the only survivor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When the plane began descending, it split in half, throwing him from his seat before he heard a loud explosion, a medic who spoke to Ramesh told the Associated Press.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/air-india-plane-crash-everything-we-know-miraculous-survival-passenger-vishwash-kumar-ramesh/126debf7-2bd5-4ebc-9e50-a0c7f93bd270" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was returning home to the UK after visiting family in India.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/air-india-crash-uk-man-reportedly-survives-plane-crash-in-ahmedabad/37171360-3df7-49c1-8cd1-a0bfc2edcc22" target="_blank"><strong><span>Air India crash survivor thrown clear when plane 'split in two'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>How did Vishwash Kumar Ramesh survive?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is unclear how Ramesh survived. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He reportedly suffered "impact injuries" to his chest, eyes and feet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A doctor told CNN that Ramesh's condition was "not very critical" and that he could be released in the next couple of days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He has some blood in the images, but he's not very badly injured," said Dr. Rajnish Patel, professor and head of surgery at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He is very comfortable and under strict observation, no issues."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>What seat was he in?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to Reuters, local police said the man had been in seat 11A.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Indian news outlets have shared a photo of Ramesh's boarding pass, which indicates that he was in seat 11A of the flight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The seat was in the emergency exit row, just in front of the plane's left wing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>IN PICTURES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/air-india-crash-disaster-hundreds-dead-boeing-787-crashes-into-building-in-pictures/46e97e03-f08f-4bbe-8039-20f343512aec" target="_blank"><strong><span>Apocalyptic scenes after horror Air India crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CNN safety analyst and former US Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector David Soucie expressed surprise that someone seated at that part of the plane would survive such a crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That seat is "right where the spar of the wing would go under and it would be a solid place for the aircraft to hit the ground, but as far as survivability above it, that is incredibly surprising," he told CNN.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A British member of parliament said Ramesh's survival was "nothing short of a miracle."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>What is the safest seat on a plane? </span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to US aviation data, passengers sitting in the back of a plane have the highest chance of surviving a crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The National Transportation Safety Board in the US found that passengers at the back of the plane had a 69 per cent chance of survival during a crash, while passengers at the front had a 59 per cent chance of survival.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>EXPLAINED:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/boeings-recent-troubles-explainer/1caab791-2374-4a9a-bd44-d8d36110399f" target="_blank"><strong><span>A look at Boeing's recent troubles after Air India crash</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>What did Ramesh say about the crash? </span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Hindustan Times quoted Ramesh after speaking to him in local hospital, reportedly saying: Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran," he told the newspaper.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>TIMELINE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/air-india-cause-of-crash-timeline-how-the-disaster-unfolded/c73ef25c-42df-441a-a470-de73ceb17f81" target="_blank"><strong><span>How the Air India disaster unfolded minute to minute</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Who was he travelling with?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ramesh was travelling with his brother, who has not yet been found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He is believed to have died in the crash. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ramesh said he was looking for his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh, in the wreckage, but he could not find him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was sitting in a different row.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We visited Diu," he said, referring to a coastal town about 300 kilometres south-west of Ahmedabad.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was travelling with me and I can't find him anymore. Please help me find him."</span></div></div>