Miracles survived plane crash: Briton escaped death at the last minute!

Miracles survived plane crash: Briton escaped death at the last minute!

What a dramatic turn of fate: Owen Jackson, 31 years old, should have flyed from India from India to Great Britain on June 12th. But at the last minute he decided to postpone his return flight to Saturday - a decision that saved his life. Jackson was professionally in the Indian state of Gujarat to train colleagues from a call center in Ahmedabad when the accident started. The AI171 flight crashed shortly after the start and cost over 240 people. According to initial estimates, at least 270 people were killed, including uninvolved people on the ground, which reinforced the tragedy of this catastrophe.

In the first shock phase, Jackson's wife, Phillipa, learned nothing about her husband's change in the plan. She lived in the uncertainty for two long hours until the nightmare was over. In the meantime, the British flight accident authority AAIB became active and announced that it would send a team to India to support the necessary investigations. Boeing also offered his support for the investigation, which in such tragic cases often belongs.

the only survivor

The only survivor of the crash is Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British citizen of Indian origin. Ramesh, who was on his way back to Great Britain with his brother, reported that the plane only gave a loud sound 30 seconds after the start before it crashed. Tragically, his brother did not survive the crash. Ramesh saw himself fear of death during the accident and only escaped through a small room near the door. During this dramatic minutes he didn't even forget that he was sitting from the emergency exit series, row 11a, right in front of the left wing, which made the silence after the shock all the more devastating.

A doctor said Ramesh's state was "not very critical" and he could be released from the hospital in the next few days. Nevertheless, the trauma remains deeply anchored, and the bewilderness about the fate of the other passengers, including some medical students from the BJ Medical College and Hospital, does not make any concern. According to media reports, at least three of these students died, while over 30 more were injured.

The sad reality of flight accidents

Aircraft stagger is still a threatening reality these days. Although the number of crashes has decreased in recent years, the danger remains. Statistics show that in 2022 233 fatalities were reported by plane places worldwide. Before the turn of the millennium, there were often over 1,000 victims annually. Crashes in commercial aviation have been further reduced due to technical innovations, such as landing assistants, but many accidents still happen during landing.

In the case of Air India, the tragedy becomes all the more shocking because the passengers came from various countries such as Great Britain, Canada and Portugal. This flight once again showed how fragile and unpredictable life can be. While in the United States in 2022, zero aircraft losses per million flights were recorded, nobody would have expected such a terrible misfortune that everyone affected.

The investigation continues and we hope that the background of this terrible incident can soon be informed. In these difficult times, our thoughts and prayers are among the victims and their relatives.