{"id":61513,"date":"2025-06-13T12:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=61513"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:04:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:04:35","slug":"pm-modi-visits-injured-survivors-of-air-india-ai171-crash-in-ahmedabad-meets-lone-survivor-vishwas-kumar-ramesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/pm-modi-visits-injured-survivors-of-air-india-ai171-crash-in-ahmedabad-meets-lone-survivor-vishwas-kumar-ramesh\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Visits Injured Survivors of Air India AI171 Crash in Ahmedabad; Meets Lone Survivor Vishwas Kumar Ramesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"445\">Prime Minister <strong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"238\">Narendra Modi<\/strong> on Friday visited the <strong data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"292\">Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad<\/strong> to meet victims injured in Thursday\u2019s <strong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"362\">Air India AI171 plane crash<\/strong>, which claimed <strong data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"391\">265 lives<\/strong> in one of the country\u2019s deadliest aviation disasters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"672\">Modi spent time in the <strong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"481\">C7 ward<\/strong>, where <strong data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"512\">25 injured patients<\/strong> are currently receiving treatment. Among those he met was <strong data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"595\">Vishwas Kumar Ramesh<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"618\">sole survivor<\/strong> from the aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"854\">The Prime Minister also interacted with medical professionals and staff at the hospital, expressing gratitude for their efforts and urging continued top-level care for the injured.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"1147\">The tragedy unfolded on Thursday afternoon when <strong data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"930\">Air India flight AI171<\/strong>, a <strong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"959\">Boeing 787 Dreamliner<\/strong>, crashed into the <strong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1059\">residential quarters of BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital in Meghaninagar<\/strong>, just minutes after taking off from <strong data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1146\">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1211\">The ill-fated aircraft was carrying <strong data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1199\">242 people<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1355\">\n<li data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1238\">\n<p data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1238\"><strong data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1238\">168 Indian nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1265\">\n<p data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1265\"><strong data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1265\">53 British nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1266\" data-end=\"1294\">\n<p data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1294\"><strong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1294\">7 Portuguese nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1320\">\n<p data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1320\"><strong data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1320\">1 Canadian national<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1355\">\n<p data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1355\"><strong data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1355\">2 pilots and 10 crew members<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1537\">Among the dead were <strong data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1423\">former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1425\" data-end=\"1447\">four MBBS students<\/strong>, and the <strong data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1477\">wife of a doctor<\/strong>, who were caught in the devastation at the college complex.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1752\">Vishwas Kumar Ramesh\u2019s miraculous survival has offered a rare glimmer of hope in the face of the widespread destruction. Hospital officials described his condition as stable, and he is expected to make a recovery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1971\">This horrific incident has left the nation in mourning, prompting condolences and emergency responses at the highest level. Investigations are ongoing, and efforts to identify victims through <strong data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"1961\">DNA testing<\/strong> continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad to meet victims injured in Thursday\u2019s Air India AI171 plane crash, which claimed 265&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61513","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61515,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61513\/revisions\/61515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}