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Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University

Just one man survived the Air India crash. What’s it like to survive a mass disaster?

Viswashkumar Ramesh, a British citizen returning from a trip to India, has been confirmed as the only survivor of Thursday’s deadly Air India crash.

“I don’t know how I am alive,” Ramesh told family, according to his brother Nayan, in a video call moments after emerging from the wreckage. Another brother Ajay, seated elswhere on the plane, was killed.

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