It seemed impossible, but shortly after news broke that an Air India flight had crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, video started circulating on social media showing a man walking from the scene in a bloodstained shirt.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, appears to be the only survivor of Air India flight 171, which crashed with 242 people aboard.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national, is the only survivor of the Air India plane crash. He was returning to the UK with his brother.