Vishwashkumar, who was sitting in seat 11a on the Air India flight, is receiving treatment at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital, where he has been visited by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also attended the bedside of locals who were not onboard the plane but were struck and injured by the crash.

The miracle survivor from the Air India plane crash has revealed how he escaped the disaster just seconds before the aircraft exploded. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, was on the plane seated in 11A, the Hindustan Times reports, and has been left with only minor injuries. He was travelling back to London with his brother, who was also on the flight.