Ahmedabad, June 14 -- Mohan Bahadur Kshatriya, an eyewitness to the deadly Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, on Saturday, described scenes of chaos as he helped rescue survivors from the wreckage. Living just 500 meters from the crash site, Kshatriya told ANI that he first mistook the explosion for an earthquake before witnessing the harrowing scenes of thick smoke, raging fires, and students screaming for help.

Along with Army personnel, he said that he pulled out five critically injured survivors from the debris before discovering bodies in the mangled remains.

"My house is 500m from the crash site. I heard a loud bang. First, I wondered if it was a massive storm or earthquake... The people were shouting that a plane had crashed. Wh...