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Sole Survivor From Plane Crash Says He Still ‘Lost Everything’

Viswashkumar Ramesh also admitted he is unable to speak to his family.

The sole survivor of a western India plane crash that killed 260 people on June 12, including his brother, said he’s “lost everything.” Viswashkumar Ramesh, who sat in seat 11A next to an emergency exit, opened up about the death of his younger brother, Ajay, on Air India Flight 171. “I’m luckiest man, but also, I lost everything. My brother, for me, I lost my brother,” Ramesh, a U.K. citizen whose native language is Gujarati, told BBC News on Monday. Ramesh, who was filmed bloodied and limping away from the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that also killed 19 people on the ground, admitted he is still unable to speak to his family. “Now I’m alone. I just sit in my room alone, not talking with my wife, my son,” he said. However, he said surviving the flight “is a miracle” that he is still “not believing.” Ramesh has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and is still suffering from physical injuries. His legal team says he has yet to receive sufficient support or compensation following the country’s deadliest plane crash, the cause of which is still undetermined. The airline made him an interim offer of less than $30,000.