Dhaka, June 13 -- Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British-Indian who miraculously survived the devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad, remains in shock and disbelief.

Speaking from his hospital bed, he told India's state broadcaster Doordarshan: "I don't know how I came out of it alive."

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kumar at the hospital where he is undergoing treatment, private broadcaster NDTV reports.

Recalling the horrific experience, Kumar said: "For a while, I thought I was about to die. But when I opened my eyes, I saw I was alive. And I opened my seat belt and got out of there. The airhostess and aunty uncle all died before my eyes."

Kumar was seated in 11A, next to an emergency exit, which reportedly...