Expert reveals what was special about seat 11A, which saved Air India crash survivor’s life

The only man who survived the devastating Air India plane crash was sitting in seat 11A, and an expert has revealed what was so special about that exact seat.

Flight 717 took off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday morning and was due to land at London Gatwick that evening, but crashed into a residential area seconds after take-off.

The plane was carrying 242 people and all of them sadly died except from one, a British man called Vishwashkumar Ramesh, who miraculously came away with little injuries.

Local police revealed that he was sitting in seat 11A on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, telling ANI: “The police found one survivor in seat 11A. One survivor has been found in the hospital and is under treatment.”

So, what was it about that particular seat that saved his life? Aviation expert Guy Leitch told GB News: “My take on it is, the seat 11A was thrown clear of the wreckage as it actually broke up.”

“I think that’s the only way he survived the fireball. He had to have been away from it. That’s probably how he picked up his facial and chest injuries. The Boeing 787 had a different breakup structure in the way it actually broke up when it hit this building.”

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After avoiding the wreckage, seat 11A was also right next to the emergency exit, so he managed to escape through the broken door and miraculously limp through the crash site to safety.

“I don’t believe how I survived. For some time I thought I was also going to die,” the 40-year-old told news broadcaster DD India from his hospital bed.

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“But when I opened my eyes, I realised I was alive and I tried to unbuckle myself from the seat and escape from where I could. It was in front of my eyes that the air hostess and others died.”

“The side of the plane I was in landed on the ground, and I could see that there was space outside the aircraft, so when my door broke I tried to escape through it and I did.”

He explained that the opposite side of the plane was blocked by the building wall, so nobody could escape from the emergency exit door on that side.

The back of a plane is generally considered the safest place to sit because the front of the aircraft acts as a shock absorber, so the fact Vishwashkumar survived is a total miracle.

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