Woman Escapes Tragedy By Minutes After Missing Deadly Air India Flight — Her Chilling Story

Bhoo­mi Chauhan, a 28-year-old Bris­tol stu­dent, nar­row­ly missed Air India Flight 171 from Ahmed­abad to Lon­don on June 12 due to heavy traf­fic. The Boe­ing 787 crashed min­utes after take­off, killing near­ly all 242 peo­ple onboard and sev­er­al on the ground. Bhoo­mi, stuck in traf­fic, arrived 10 min­utes after board­ing closed and was denied entry, a twist of fate that saved her life.

Among the pas­sen­gers was British sur­vivor Vish­washku­mar Ramesh, seat­ed in emer­gency exit row 11A. He suf­fered injuries but escaped the crash, which hap­pened about 30 sec­onds after take­off. Vish­wash lost con­tact with his broth­er Ajay, who was also on board. Videos show Vish­wash limp­ing away from the wreck­age and call­ing his fam­i­ly in dis­be­lief.

Doc­tors say Vish­wash is sta­ble and recov­er­ing in Ahmed­abad hos­pi­tal. Experts note sur­viv­ing in his seat was high­ly unlike­ly due to its loca­tion above the wing spar. The inci­dent shocked fam­i­lies and offi­cials, who called his sur­vival a mir­a­cle