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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by whycome on Thursday June 12, 2025 @04:36PM (#44262910)
Oddly they concatenate his names just as it appears in the passenger manifest (which airlines often do). But that’s not his name.
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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by franktankbank on Thursday June 12, 2025 @05:25PM (#44263360)
What do you mean that's not his name?
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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by ycombinatrix on Thursday June 12, 2025 @08:26PM (#44264609)
They concatenated the first name & middle name i think.
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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by whycome on Saturday June 14, 2025 @01:25AM (#44274389)
His name is Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. But, like an odd game of telephone or something, many news sites are displaying his name as Vishwashkumar Ramesh. And it seems the error is due to the passenger manifest. Airlines often combine first and middle names. It’s odd for news sites to not notice the error. Especially when also naming the brother who has a similarly-constructed name (Nayan Kumar Ramesh and also the deceased brother/passenger Ajay Kumar Ramesh). It’s probably due to western unfamiliarity of the Indian name. (They wouldn’t make the error with a Davidwilliam).
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