Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he thought he was dead as plane exploded but escaped through opening in fuselage

The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described the horror of watching people “dying in front of my eyes”.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he thought he was dead when the plane crashed into a building, before realising he was alive and escaping the wreckage.

Speaking from his hospital bed, the 40-year-old told DD News the plane felt like it was “stuck in the air” shortly after takeoff before lights began flickering green and white, adding: “It suddenly slammed into a building and exploded.”