India, June 13 -- Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian businessman, was returning to London from Ahmedabad when the Air India flight AI171 crashed just minutes after takeoff. Of the 241 passengers and crew on board, he was the sole survivor. His brother Ajay, who was also on the flight, didn't make it.

"The plane broke, and my seat came off. That is how I was saved," he told doctors at the Ahmedabad hospital where he's being treated. However, while speaking to his family over video call, Vishwash expressed disbelief: "I don't know how I am alive."

For survivors of such traumatic events, the road to recovery is often as much mental as it is physical, with some of them struggling with psychological distress known as survivor's guilt. ...