60 Minutes: Nov 9 | TV Tonight
The Survivor
Five months after the crash of Air India Flight 171, which took 260 lives, one man remains alive to tell his story. Thirty-nine-year-old Viswashkumar Ramesh—miraculously the only survivor—escaped the burning wreckage that killed his brother Ajay and everyone else aboard.
Haunted by guilt and sadness, Ramesh still struggles to understand why he survived when no one else did. According to reporter Dimity Clancey, his frustration is growing as Air India allegedly ignores both his requests for help and his questions about what caused the disaster.
“It was a horrific disaster,” Clancey notes. “All 242 people on board were killed, except for one man.”
Producers: Natalie Clancy, Sacha Passi
It Stinks
Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation, has become synonymous with government corruption. Despite this, Australia’s federal leadership continues pouring billions of dollars there.
In exchange, Nauru has agreed to accept several of the former immigration detainees—officially labeled as “non-citizens”—that Canberra urgently wants to remove.
Author’s Summary
A gripping look at survival, accountability, and political compromise—where one man’s miracle contrasts sharply with ongoing corruption and indifference.