British man miraculously survives tragic Air India plane crash sat in seat 11A

A British man appears to have miraculously survived the tragic Air India plane crash which occurred earlier today (12 June).

Police had previously said 'it appears there are no survivors in the plane crash', but India Today reports that investigators into the disaster had found one man who had been sitting in seat 11A alive.

Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik said: "The police found one survivor in seat 11A. One survivor has been found in the hospital and is under treatment.

"Cannot say anything about the number of deaths yet. The death toll may increase as the flight crashed in a residential area."

The passenger in that seat was named Vishwash Kumar Ramesh and footage showed a man walking away from the site of the crash.

The Boeing 787 crashed shortly after take off with over 200 people on board (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

"Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly," he told the Hindustan Times.

"When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran.

"There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital."

He also said that he suffered 'impact injuries' on his chest, eyes and feet, and that his brother had also been on board the plane.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a building being used as accommodation for doctors shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, western India.

It had been heading for Gatwick Airport in the UK and officials previously thought that there had been no survivors from the terrible crash, but the man's miraculous survival means at least someone has made it out of the catastrophe alive.

The plane struck a building shortly after take-off, one passenger has survived (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Air India said 242 people were on board the plane at the time of the crash.

169 were Indian nationals, 53 were British, seven were Portuguese, and one was Canadian.

Over 200 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, though it is not known whether they were all people on board the Air India flight or if there are some people from the building impacted among the dead.

The police also said that 'some locals would have also died' given that the aircraft impacted a residential area.

In a statement, Air India said: "Air India confirms that flight AI171, from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after take-off.

"The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals."