papachris
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Incredible that anyone survived
[News] Air India flight AI171 Ahmedabad -> London Gatwick crashed
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Incredible that anyone survived
the survivor was apparently in seat 11A and he is British.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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I wouldn't fancy getting a flight today. I had to catch two the day after 9/11 (our original direct flight was cancelled and we had to change). The mad thing was in the business departure lounge for the first flight they were showing CNN on the TV monitors, relaying the planes crashing into the World Trade Centre over and over.
Our plane was then stopped on the runway as the pilot announced there was a suspicious package on board. You could hear a pin drop. We were soon surrounded by police and security vehicles.
There was also a passenger who was talking to himself and wouldn't sit down for take off, pacing up and down the aisle. Normally, you wouldn't make much of it, but...
I was pretty relieved when we finally landed back home (detoured, because they had prohibited flights over built-up areas).
Our plane was then stopped on the runway as the pilot announced there was a suspicious package on board. You could hear a pin drop. We were soon surrounded by police and security vehicles.
There was also a passenger who was talking to himself and wouldn't sit down for take off, pacing up and down the aisle. Normally, you wouldn't make much of it, but...
I was pretty relieved when we finally landed back home (detoured, because they had prohibited flights over built-up areas).
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Doug-ees-evil
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- Nov 18, 2011
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Briton reportedly survives as more than 200 killed in London-bound Air India crash in Ahmedabad – latest updates
British man reportedly survived the crash of AI171, which had 242 people on board
www.theguardian.com
Absolutely incredible. Talks of a loud noise 30 seconds in... hmmmm
This is utterly astonishing. Miraculous even, if you're into such things.Briton reportedly survives as more than 200 killed in London-bound Air India crash in Ahmedabad – latest updates
British man reportedly survived the crash of AI171, which had 242 people on board
Absolutely incredible. Talks of a loud noise 30 seconds in... hmmmm
When I'd read that there was one 'survivor' I'd just assumed that they'd pulled one poor victim out of the wreckage clinging to life, who would join the tragic statistics in hospital later today.
To read that the guy literally WALKED AWAY from the crash, just defies belief.
kevo
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Wow... and also how? !Briton reportedly survives as more than 200 killed in London-bound Air India crash in Ahmedabad – latest updates
British man reportedly survived the crash of AI171, which had 242 people on board
Absolutely incredible. Talks of a loud noise 30 seconds in... hmmmm
Doug-ees-evil
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- Nov 18, 2011
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Defies all logic. Just how?
(I've made a note of seat 11A for the future though).
Mind you.. I'm not sure I'd have wanted to survive that (given PTSD).
I doubt you are the only one!
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His brother was on flight too, you'd assume next to him?
It is a miracle. But still awfully tragic
Can't imagine how you'd reconcile being the only one who survived that and why you and not your brother took the window seat
Thunder Bolt
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Survivors guilt is very real. Poor man.His brother was on flight too, you'd assume next to him?
It is a miracle. But still awfully tragic
Can't imagine how you'd reconcile being the only one who survived that and why you and not your brother took the window seat
How in God's name did anyone survive that?
Just saw them interviewing his cousin in Leicester. Thought the BBC reporter was completely out of order the way he kept repeatedly 'what do you think about him being the only survivor?' when they know they're waiting to hear about his brother.
mikeyjh
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Am I the only one who thinks it's literally incredible? Everyone around you is dead, there's an unimaginable fireball, a scene of devastation and he's wandering off pushing away reporters like nothing has happened. It's either a weird hoax or one of the most remarkable things we'll ever hear about.Briton reportedly survives as more than 200 killed in London-bound Air India crash in Ahmedabad – latest updates
British man reportedly survived the crash of AI171, which had 242 people on board
Absolutely incredible. Talks of a loud noise 30 seconds in... hmmmm
It did cross my mind that he might have been involved in the crash from the ground and he was so traumatised that he'd become delusional that he was on the plane itself, but apparently he did have a boarding pass that lines up with the plane's manifest.
I'm always a bit nervous as long as it's framed as "reported".
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His Brother was elsewhere on the plane.Can't imagine how you'd reconcile being the only one who survived that and why you and not your brother took the window seat
As mentioned, how the hell does anyone walk away from that. But I presume someone has checked the facts and it must be true.
TomandJerry
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Maybe he survived by being near an emergency exit door?
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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BBC coverage is verging on obscene. They are now broadcasting a one hour special.
Their prolonged interrogation of the cousin was painful, they seemed to forget that he’d also lost family today.
Anyone who saw the fireball from the crash will be shocked that there could be a survivor.
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