India, June 13 -- A day after the tragic crash of an Air India flight in Ahmedabad that claimed 241 lives, the lone survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, spoke to the media for the first time, recounting the harrowing moments of his miraculous survival. The conversation is the only first-hand account from inside the doomed flight.

The 40-year-old Indian origin British national spoke with DD News on Friday morning from the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment. He was seated in row 11A, next to a left-side window in the economy section of the ill-fated aircraft - near an emergency exit - when the crash occurred.

"Even I can't believe how I came out of it alive. For a moment, I felt like I was going to die too. But when I ...