Opulent Philanthropy Nonprofit pledges support to families of victims
Opulent Philanthropy will support families that lost their life in the Ahmedabad plane crash.
“We will also cover the medical expenses of those injured and ensure that they receive all necessary care and support. We will also support the victims' families of Air India who did not survive the crash
At least one passenger on board Air India Flight 171 to London Gatwick survived, local police said.
According to Reuters, senior police officer Vidhi Chaudhary said the man had been in seat 11A and added that there may be a few more survivors in the hospital.
The Hindustan Times named the survivor as a British national, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, and said he was receiving treatment. What appears to be a copy of the flight manifest, shared by news agency IANS, lists Vishwash Kumar Ramesh as having been assigned seat 11A and boarded.
The Hindustan Times said it spoke to Ramesh in a local hospital and quoted him as saying: “Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.”
Ramesh told the Hindustan Times that he had been visiting family and was returning to the UK with his brother, who had been sitting in a different row. He didn’t know if his brother had survived, he said.
He said the aircraft seemed to become stuck immediately after takeoff. The lights then came on, he said, and right after that it accelerated but seemed unable to gain height before it crashed.
He said the side of the plane where he was seated fell onto the ground floor of a building and there was space for him to escape after the door broke open. He unfastened his seat belt and forced himself out of the plane.
“When I opened my eyes, I realized I was alive,” he said. He said his hand was burned by the flames as he fled from the aircraft.
In a video circulated on social media, the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171 appears to limp away from the crash site, passing emergency workers and onlookers. Ramesh told reporters that he managed to leave through the emergency exit next to his seat, 11A, during a brief moment of possibility. But “I don’t know how I survived.
