New Delhi, June 13 -- Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole British survivor of the London-bound Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash, has shared a chilling account of the disaster from his hospital bed.

Speaking to DD News on Friday, the 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh described the moment the plane "felt stuck in the air" for 5-10 seconds after take-off, followed by flickering green and white lights. "The aircraft wasn't gaining altitude and was just gliding before it suddenly slammed into a building and exploded." he said.

Seated in 11A, next to an emergency exit, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he initially believed he had died but managed to unbuckle himself and crawl through an opening in the fuselage to escape the wreckage.

"I saw peopl...