The lone passenger who survived an Air India crash couldn’t believe he was alive when he opened his eyes and was surrounded by flames, debris and charred bodies.

Viswashkumar Ramesh, 40, the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, is among the ranks of those spared by fate.

Thai star Ruangsak Loychusak, a 1998 crash survivor, was stunned to learn that the Air India crash survivor sat in the same seat, 11A.