What started off as a typical flight back from a business trip became a nightmare. One man made it through the pandemonium and flames, and his first words were a frantic cry for his brother, whom he was no longer able to see.
After completing their business trip in India, 35-year-old Ajaykumar Ramesh and his 40-year-old brother Viswash were heading back to the UK. They got on Air India’s flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick. Unaware of the disaster that would unfold, on Thursday. They sat down, Viswash across the aisle in 11A, next to the emergency exit, and Ajay in 11J.
Viswash survived what investigators now refer to be a catastrophic accident while sat in 11A close to the emergency exit. As the cabin was engulfed in flames, his brother Ajay, who was seated in seat 11J right across the aisle, did not. Bloodied and dazed, Viswash was hauled from the ruins.
Viswash, who is currently in a hospital in India, keeps saying the same eerie request: “Find Ajay, you must find Ajay.”