As Air India Flight AI171 fell from the sky early Thursday, Vishwaskumar Ramesh, a passenger tucked in the first row of economy class, was preparing to meet his maker.

Ahmedabad: Satinder Singh Sandhu, a 108 ambulance driver, became one of the first responders to witness and react to the catastrophic crash of Air India Flight AI171 in Ahmedabad. What began as a routine lunch break turned into a race against time when a thunderous explosion jolted the BJ Medical College campus on Thursday afternoon.

The sole survivor of Air India flight AI171 which crashed and killed more than 200 people on board has told his family 'I don't know how I'm alive'. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, along with 53 other British nationals,

There was a loud noise just 30 seconds after takeoff and then the plane crashed, said Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India flight AI171 that crashed in Ahmedabad today.