The British antheral who was the sole subsister of Thursday's Air India level clang said helium managed to flight the wreckage done an opening successful the fuselage.
"I managed to unbuckle myself, utilized my limb to propulsion done that opening, and crawled out," Vishwashkumar Ramesh told Indian authorities media DD News.
Mr Ramesh, 40, was successful spot 11A connected the London-bound Boeing 787 formation erstwhile it went down soon aft instrumentality disconnected successful Ahmedabad, occidental India connected Thursday.
Air India said each different passengers and unit were killed - including 169 Indian nationals and 52 British nationals. More than 200 bodies person been recovered truthful far, though it is unclear however galore were passengers and however galore were from the ground.
Speaking from his infirmary bed, Mr Ramesh said the lights wrong the craft "started flickering" moments aft instrumentality off.
Within 5 to 10 seconds, it felt similar the level was "stuck successful the air", helium said.
"The lights started flickering greenish and white...suddenly slammed into a gathering and exploded."
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into a gathering utilized arsenic accommodation for doctors astatine the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College and Civil Hospital.
But Mr Ramesh, from Leicester, said the conception helium was sitting successful landed adjacent the crushed and did not marque interaction with the building.
"When the doorway broke and I saw determination was immoderate space, I tried to get retired of determination and I did.
"No 1 could person got retired from the other side, which was towards the wall, due to the fact that it crashed there."
The origin of the clang is not yet known. Officials accidental 1 achromatic container has been recovered from the clang site, according to quality agencies, which volition beryllium capable to supply further accusation for investigators.
Video shared connected societal media showed Mr Ramesh walking towards an ambulance with fume billowing successful the background.
He told the Indian broadcaster helium could not judge that helium came retired of the wreckage alive.
"I saw radical dying successful beforehand of my eyes - the aerial hostesses, and 2 radical I saw adjacent me," helium said.
"For a moment, I felt similar I was going to dice too, but erstwhile I opened my eyes and looked around, I realised I was alive.
"I inactive can't judge however I survived. I walked retired of the rubble."
Dr Dhaval Gameti, who treated Mr Ramesh, said helium was "disorientated, with aggregate injuries each implicit his body", but that helium appears to beryllium "out of danger".
On Friday morning, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the clang tract earlier making his mode to the infirmary to conscionable injured radical including Mr Ramesh, and the families of victims.
A Downing Street spokesperson said the Foreign Office had been "in interaction with Mr Ramesh this greeting to connection consular support".
Mr Ramesh's brother, Ajay, was besides onboard the plane.
Their cousin, Hiren Kantilal, said that they had been successful India for a fewer months connected holiday.
He said the household had spoken to Mr Ramesh connected Friday morning, adding that helium was capable to locomotion and talk "properly" to them.
"We privation to get retired arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and meet... Vishwashkumar," helium said.
He added that they were looking for further enactment from the British authorities to get to India, which helium said they had not yet received.
The Foreign Office has acceptable up helplines for British nationals successful the UK and successful India requiring consular assistance, oregon who person concerns for friends oregon family.
The BBC has asked the Foreign Office whether it has been successful interaction with Mr Ramesh's family.
Mr Ramesh, a businessman who was calved successful India but has lived in the UK since 2003, has a woman and four-year-old son.