India, June 19 -- The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has said it is a "miracle" he survived but added he feels "terrible" he could not save his brother.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh told The Sun: "It's a miracle I survived. I am OK physically but I feel terrible that I could not save Ajay." The Air India aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad last week, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British. The sole surviving passenger was Mr Ramesh.

The 40-year-old told The Sun he tried to get seats together with his brother but was not able to. He said: "If we had been sat together we both might have survived. "I tried to get two seats together but someone had already got one. Me ...