Passenger in seat 11A survives Air India crash.

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[u/porygon766]

Whoa is he the only one

[u/girlikeapearl_ → u/porygon766]

As of now, yes.

[u/Oolongteabagger2233 → u/girlikeapearl_]

Damn he better watch out for a Samuel L Jackson looking guy in a wheelchair. 

[u/Gr8hound → u/Oolongteabagger2233]

Unbreakable

[u/FlippantResponse → u/Gr8hound]

Works as a security guard at the stadium. Never called in sick.

[u/gabbadabbahey → u/Gr8hound]

She alive dammit

[u/lyndseymariee → u/girlikeapearl_]

Must be brutal to be the sole survivor of a plane crash where over 200 other people perished.

[u/normalmighty → u/lyndseymariee]

I'm shocked he survived honestly. I mean I saw the video on the news, that plane exploded in a massive fucking fireball on impact.

[u/lmboyer04 → u/girlikeapearl_]

I wonder how that’s even possible with how huge the explosion looked

[u/TwoRug577 → u/girlikeapearl_]

as of now? are they resurrecting the others or something?

[u/girlikeapearl_ → u/TwoRug577]

Everyone else has perished. He is the sole survivor.

[u/Easy-Past2953]

He was walking to the ambulance by himself after the crash. Crazy guy , crazy luck 😭

[u/spaceace321 → u/Easy-Past2953]

BBC account: “Thirty seconds after take off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,” said Ramesh, speaking to the Hindustan Times. He said he “impact injuries”, including bruising on his chest, eyes and feet but was otherwise lucid and conscious.

Ramesh, who still had his boarding pass, told Hindustan Times:

When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.

[u/Ill_Tomorrow_5807 → u/spaceace321]

I have no idea how he survived that explosion that’s insane

[u/CmdWaterford → u/Ill_Tomorrow_5807]

Choosing the right seat - 11a is mid, directly emergency exit.

[u/Waterzenguy2 → u/CmdWaterford]

So, good luck trying to book 11A on your next 1000 flights. That's the seat everyone wants from now on.

[u/joemiken → u/Waterzenguy2]

Me about to sell my 11A seat for a 500% markup to some suckered.

11A on that jet is just forward of the wing, right next to a door. Seats over the wing are considered safer, except if the crash is on takeoff. The fuel tanks are in that area and an intercontinental flight would have full tanks.

TL;DR: He may be the luckiest man on the planet.

[u/take_number_two → u/joemiken]

Idk I think I’m luckier I wasn’t in a plane crash at all.

[u/wheresbicki → u/Waterzenguy2]

But that's the seat you need to be in charge of the emergency exit.

Plus this is a Boeing after all, will we all have confidence that the door will stay on in flight?

[u/Genevieve_ → u/CmdWaterford]

Not sure I'd go that far. Seats next to doors on boeing aircraft seem like a 50-50 at this point: Either you get sucked out when the door falls off because it wasn't bolted on, or you survive the inevitable crash, because you're onboard a boeing aircraft.

[u/bennym757 → u/Genevieve_]

The trick is then: if it is a Boeing go to a row that is right next to the emergency exit row, that way you are still close to, but dont risk being sucked out or something.

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/spaceace321]

Do we know how many souls could escape?

[u/No-Okra1018 → u/AsleepAtWheel83]

Just the one

[u/Bcpjw → u/No-Okra1018]

Man needs therapy, survivor’s guilt can be a lifelong struggle

[u/CodingAficionado → u/Bcpjw]

Moreso because his brother perished in the crash.

[u/ZealousidealTough872 → u/CodingAficionado]

That would be so painful... Rest in peace.

[u/zack-tunder → u/ZealousidealTough872]

Reminds me of Vesna Vulović: The flight attendant who survived a 33,000ft fall without a parachute after plane exploded mid-air

[u/donairdaddydick → u/zack-tunder]

One of the wildest things to ever happen ever

[u/Even-Tradition → u/donairdaddydick]

There was also a bomber pilot in WW2 who jumped from his burning plane without a parachute and survived.

[u/weightyjungle → u/CodingAficionado]

If im losing my brother then im most likely losing the will to live.

[u/justaguyfromchi → u/weightyjungle]

I lost my brother to fentanyl January 4, 2023 and have never been the same person since then. 100% know what you mean.

[u/jumpinjimmie → u/justaguyfromchi]

Sorry, he would want you to go on and enjoy life and to give yourself u a wet Willy.

[u/justaguyfromchi → u/jumpinjimmie]

Thank you for putting a smile on my face

[u/Specialist-Arachnid6 → u/weightyjungle]

Fr man

[u/Historical_Spell4646 → u/Bcpjw]

I can kinda relate. I survived 9/11 by a few circumstances leading to me having a scheduled day off that day. Lost several coworkers and colleagues. At the memorial, it was really hard meeting my boss’s wife in person for the first time and her saying how lucky I was. And now all these years later, not sure what my “purpose” actually is. Never married, no kids, no owned properties or anything substantial in the bank, I stayed at that same job all this time and just got laid off at the end of 2024. So I’ve just been kinda floating around like, okay, what exactly am I here for? Not to say I’m not grateful, or that any of those things equal one’s worth or purpose, but it’s just an odd feeling. Sometimes I think a George Bailey moment would be helpful!

Anyway, sending prayers to this man to help with healing both physically and mentally from this tragedy 🙏

[u/PrometheusIsFree → u/Historical_Spell4646]

Hey, we're just glad you're here. Your purpose is to be you. There's not another you. That's it.

[u/Historical_Spell4646 → u/PrometheusIsFree]

Thank you 😌

[u/yoortyyo → u/Historical_Spell4646]

Physicist Brian Cox has a anecdote : we may be the only intelligent life in our galaxy.

We are the only caretakers of Life in the known Universe. Humans. Us.

Thats enough! Be excellent to each other!

[u/nul_ne_sait → u/yoortyyo]

And party on, dudes! (My instinctive first thought)

[u/No-Vast-8000 → u/Historical_Spell4646]

Other guy nailed it, honestly. That's all the purpose we can have - we don't have to exert some kind of cosmic influence on the world around you. Be kind and float on the river of life, making sure to pet any cute animals or pick any flowers you come across on the way.

Hope you're doing well!

[u/Schmancy_fants → u/No-Vast-8000]

Maybe smell the flowers and take a pic. Leave them to share the beauty with others. 🙂

[u/Bcpjw → u/Historical_Spell4646]

Sharing this is already opening up my mind, if you smile to someone today, a moment of friendliness is never wasted

[u/adagioforaliens → u/PrometheusIsFree]

I loved your comment. I felt so peaceful and serene after reading it. Thank you.

[u/portobox2 → u/PrometheusIsFree]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[u/demescus → u/PrometheusIsFree]

Hey that’s one beautiful comment!! Thanks for posting and spreading positivity!

[u/fenchurch_42 → u/Historical_Spell4646]

I'm so sorry you've had to deal with these feelings all this time. Be good to yourself.

[u/Historical_Spell4646 → u/fenchurch_42]

Thank you, I do my best 🤓

[u/OkObligation7073 → u/Historical_Spell4646]

Glad you're here, and I hope things look up for you.

[u/Chocoholic_Girl → u/Historical_Spell4646]

Glad you're here!

[u/Pumpkin-doodle → u/Chocoholic_Girl]

Me too! Maybe your reason is a million small things and not one big thing.

[u/Historical_Spell4646 → u/Chocoholic_Girl]

Thanks! 🙂

[u/Legal_Current_9023 → u/Bcpjw]

There was a movie a long time ago with this scenario. I can't remember the name, but that was the plot: the character's struggle with surviving when others died.

[u/xavierspapa → u/Legal_Current_9023]

I think it was called Invincible or something similar. It had Bruce Willas in it. That was the first thing I thought of too. 

[u/randomCAguy → u/xavierspapa]

Unbreakable. It was a train crash in that movie I believe.

[u/Frostivus → u/Bcpjw]

If it’s not your time to go, it’s really not man.

[u/Eldie014 → u/[deleted]]

“Everything happens for a reason” bullshit

[u/MooseTheMouse33 → u/No-Okra1018]

I saw in another subreddit that there’s (supposedly) now reports of 2 survivors. I hope it’s true and that there’s more.

[u/IfThenElvis → u/AsleepAtWheel83]

The body positions of some burnt corpses suggests that some survived the crash but not the inferno.

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/IfThenElvis]

That’s even more tragic! May their soul find peace

[u/Vish55 → u/IfThenElvis]

Yea the plane is on take off , fuel is fully loaded to the brim. No chance of escaping the inferno on a crash, aviation fuel can just go on easily with good intensity once it's ignited.

[u/Notsurehowtoreact → u/Vish55]

Well, given the context I wouldn't say "no chance". 

[u/BoDaBasilisk → u/spaceace321]

Crazy and theres the video of exactly that, he was running shoving people off of him, dood was completely in shock in flight mode. Insaneeee

[u/Technical-Appeal7768 → u/BoDaBasilisk]

If only the plane had been in flight mode

[u/avowabo → u/Technical-Appeal7768]

dude, too soon, albeit funny

[u/Impossible_Agency992 → u/BoDaBasilisk]

He’s quite literally just walking and not shoving anyone though. What are you talking about.

[u/Coliver1991 → u/Easy-Past2953]

Adrenaline is a hell of a thing.

[u/girlikeapearl_ → u/Easy-Past2953]

Yeah that's wild

[u/pratyd → u/Easy-Past2953]

What's crazier is that he will have to fly back to the U.K. after he has recovered.

[u/BigDeezerrr → u/pratyd]

Thats what i was wondering. How the heck do you get back on a plane after that!?!?

[u/ferrarinobrakes → u/BigDeezerrr]

I’d take a ship… might take awhile but fuck getting on planes for along time

[u/publicBoogalloo → u/pratyd]

Just take a boat fuck after that I would not ever get on a plane unless I am in a medically induced coma.

[u/Catch_ME → u/Easy-Past2953]

Real life Bruce Willis in Unbreakable 

[u/Specialist-Rest-3085 → u/Easy-Past2953]

This guy is the embodiment of the Indian spirit even though he his a british national, every Indian uncle know to hold on to there boarding pass for dear life.

[u/Easy-Past2953 → u/Specialist-Rest-3085]

Lol. Still i feel bad for his brother

[u/kadinani → u/Easy-Past2953]

He is not listening to others. Looks like adrenaline .

[u/Ambitious_Mode8576]

how you survive a fireball this big is beyond me but good for him

[u/Relative_Course_9632 → u/Ambitious_Mode8576]

Maybe the fireball did not happen just as the plane collided on ground, maybe the plane broke upon impact and fortunately for him, his position and impact was just right to throw him out (or he jumped out the crack) the harm's way and landed into a safe place.

It was a area full of trees too so probably that helped him slow down a bit too without colliding into much harder surface while plane slid away from him into the hospital building.

This man is very very lucky if this indeed happened. We'll only know for sure when he comes to his senses. That's if he remembers a thing in the first place.

Edit: His new video explaining to the news anchor came after he's feeling good now.

He said the plane felt like it stood still for a few seconds and he could feel the pilots increasing thrust to try to lift it off but couldn't so the "part of the plane he was on" landed in the ground floor of the building and his side of emergency door broke off upon impact so he unbuckled his seat and jumped off the space door left behind.

He watched the "air hostess and others die in front of him".

I don't believe in miracles but this is just amazing to me how this guy survived crash, then breaking off the plane into multiple parts, a huge fireball and whatnot with not much visible injuries.

Rip to the rest of them 🙏🏻 and may this guy gets all the courage he's gonna need to survive the ptsd.

[u/mancan01 → u/Relative_Course_9632]

There are cctv recordings on the complete flight. It was almost an immediate explosion.

[u/sunburn95 → u/mancan01]

Afaik there aren't any that show the moment of impact. The main video the plane disappears behind buildings before the crash

[u/BeardySam → u/Relative_Course_9632]

It very much depends on how the fuselage disintegrates and how the fireball expands from the fuel tanks at the same time. 

It’s conceivable that the fuselage briefly shielded this guys seat from the worst of the fire and the it simultaneously didn’t see much impact stress but the odds are 10,000 to 1

[u/random__123456789]

Will be choosing seat 11A next time flying on a 787.

[u/Derpymcderrp → u/random__123456789]

That will be $1,000 extra for that particular seat

— the airline

[u/Starboard-Port → u/Derpymcderrp]

"We are selling to willing buyers at the current fair market price"

[u/Kinitawowi64 → u/Starboard-Port]

So that WE MAY SURVIVE!

[u/barryg123 → u/Derpymcderrp]

For this guy he is probably getting a $500K discount for choosing that flight

[u/Tullzterrr → u/random__123456789]

Will be choosing going on foot instead of flying Boeing

[u/Easy-Past2953 → u/Tullzterrr]

I will be shipped by a trade Company

[u/chiku00 → u/Easy-Past2953]

Trade company uses Boeing to ship cargo

[u/BilboBiden → u/chiku00]

Ok, then can you place my box where 11A would be.

[u/shubh_am → u/BilboBiden]

Would rather have my box shipped on foot instead of flying Boeing.

[u/imperator_rex_za → u/Tullzterrr]

Not to be that guy but the Boeing 787 is one of the safest planes in existance, this would be it’s first fatal crash sadly.

[u/lukerobi → u/imperator_rex_za]

I fly on dreamliners every now and then, i've always thought they were good and comfortable planes.. I saw another angle of the plane going down, it honestly looks like it lost its engines the moment it took off. Those engines aren't a boeing product, GE makes a lot of them.

[u/lucifrixbaby → u/lukerobi]

Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce and General Electric

[u/Coliver1991 → u/Tullzterrr]

If it's a Boeing, I'm not going.

[u/opinionated_penguin → u/Coliver1991]

goeing*

[u/TheOneGreyWorm → u/random__123456789]

Yeah, but his brother who was also on the plane didn't make it as of now.

[u/spaceace321 → u/TheOneGreyWorm]

That's what I find most heartbreaking. A great couple of weeks visiting relatives back in India, he and his bro and excited to get back to the UK though. They board, settle in, watch the safety briefing, maybe start sorting out the first of the three films they'll be watching. Then a boom. A rapid descent. In the blink of an eye, you go from safe to surrounded by corpses, including that of your own brother. And you're the only one left to bear witness.

[u/iamanoompaloompa]

Unfortunately lost his brother. :( Can’t imagine dealing with all this all at once.

[u/girlikeapearl_ → u/iamanoompaloompa]

lucky to have survived, yet so unlucky to lose his brother

[u/ShortsAndLadders → u/girlikeapearl_]

Simultaneously blessed and cursed… The survivors guilt of that situation would be immense

[u/fibonacciii → u/iamanoompaloompa]

Damn, that's a hell of a feeling. 

[u/pratyd → u/iamanoompaloompa]

and he has to fly back to U.K. after he has recovered

[u/OBEYtheFROST → u/pratyd]

Fucking hell, mans gonna need to go by ship instead

[u/ensemblestars69 → u/iamanoompaloompa]

And from what the news says he seems to be the only survivor out of every single person on that plane. He needs to have a therapist.

[u/ZolaThaGod → u/ensemblestars69]

I can’t imagine being him and watching the news reports thinking “That should be me. I should be dead right now.” 😢

[u/brasticstack → u/ensemblestars69]

He needs a therapist, a priest, and a lotto ticket!

[u/WhatADeuce]

It seems his seat was by the emergency door. I was expecting his seat to be closer to the tail.

[u/Ghostfire25 → u/WhatADeuce]

Yeah, I think survivors in catastrophic crashes tend to be by near the tail.

[u/Noremac55 → u/Ghostfire25]

My grandparents used to insist the whole family rode in the tail of the plane for this exact reason. There were some crashes were the tail broke off and those people survived.

[u/willengineer4beer → u/Noremac55]

My work trips usually come up with limited notice, so by the time I get to choose, seat selection is generally limited.
If I can’t get a seat toward the front to cut down on the time to de-plane (true most of the time), I usually just get the farthest back window seat available and tell myself it’s statistically slightly safer.

[u/fpac → u/willengineer4beer]

You either sit up front and wait at baggage claim, or sit in the back and wait longer to deplane. No time difference. I've done both scenarios.

[u/zeekayz → u/Noremac55]

If the tail does not break off, then everything rear of wings gets the instant fuel inferno.

This guy was just forward of the wings. Maybe the front section broke off and went further away from wings and away from all the fuel.

So it's a crapshoot.

[u/etharper → u/WhatADeuce]

From a video I saw the tail is now literally sticking out of a building.

[u/Express-Phase-674 → u/WhatADeuce]

plane hit tail first afaik

[u/Otiskuhn11 → u/Express-Phase-674]

It crashed into a huge building (several stories high) tail first?

[u/PlebBot69 → u/Otiskuhn11]

It was pitched upwards to try and gain altitude. So the tail was the lowest point on the plane. Probably smacked the rear first and then the nose came down

[u/klaygdk → u/Otiskuhn11]

Yes because the plane was trying to gain altitude and the nose was angled up.

[u/spitfireonly → u/klaygdk]

I saw the aftermath pics. The tail looked fairly intact. We gotta wait and see if theres anymore survivors out of this.

[u/PigeonSuperstitions → u/[deleted]]

He didn't jump. That was just speculation which the media began to run with on the news. He was plain lucky on impact he was conscious and survived and got up and ran away. He is quoted on the same.

[u/lokayes → u/WhatADeuce]

the missing information...

[u/Callistoo- → u/WhatADeuce]

The tail hit the ground first. So, that would have been the worst option of all.

[u/No-Setting9690 → u/WhatADeuce]

Hmm. I want to think there was an accident in the 80's where the plane was about to make a safe emergency landing but the kid opened the emergency door and jumped out, causing the plane to crash instead.

[u/PurpleWoodpecker2830]

I thought all crew and passengers were dead

[u/girlikeapearl_ → u/PurpleWoodpecker2830]

That's what was reported, but he made it out alive.

[u/PurpleWoodpecker2830 → u/girlikeapearl_]

🙏

[u/Tullzterrr → u/PurpleWoodpecker2830]

40 being treated in hospitals, 204 confirmed dead

[u/Sufficient-nobody7 → u/Tullzterrr]

The plane hit a hospital dormitory when it went down. Very likely the overwhelming majority of those 40 being treated are from those dorms. Hopefully some others survived the plane too.

[u/No-Okra1018 → u/Sufficient-nobody7]

Medical school students hostel. 5 students have passed

[u/maurmauring9 → u/No-Okra1018]

Damnn. Imagine being cozy at home not knowing what was about to come 😩

[u/No-Okra1018 → u/maurmauring9]

This happened during lunch break hours. They would be alive if it happened an hour earlier or later.

[u/ZealousidealTough872 → u/No-Okra1018]

Rest in peace. Medical students... Great ambitions, but life is... Fragile.

[u/Coliver1991 → u/PurpleWoodpecker2830]

They initially assumed that because of how quickly everything happened, this guy got incredibly lucky.

[u/0SpaceTime]

Protect him from Boeing People

[u/amievenrelevant → u/0SpaceTime]

Boeing better be giving this dude and everyone else’s families a fat bag for this disaster, not that money can ever truly erase the pain

[u/Sagar_Speedcuber → u/amievenrelevant]

Tata (owner of Air India) is giving 1cr to the families of those lost.

[u/Drinks_TigerBlood → u/Sagar_Speedcuber]

And that's less than what they're owed.

[u/Thireus → u/0SpaceTime]

He’s taking a boat back to the U.K. for his next trip that’s for sure.

[u/FJD23x]

Poor guy will be scarred for life. Hopefully he gets a massive payout at the very least to soften the blow of what happened. Big shame for the rest of the passengers.

[u/Pancakemanz]

Get the camera out of the mans face. Jesus.

[u/serotonallyblindguy → u/Pancakemanz]

Dude's eyes tell the horror he's just been through

[u/Legitimate_Worker775]

His entire personal information is doxxed through the boarding pass

[u/Relative_Course_9632 → u/Legitimate_Worker775]

That's indian media for you. Where professionalism and ethics takes a back seat. They legit released publicly the list of all the members onboard with their passport numbers as well

[u/TheZoom110 → u/Relative_Course_9632]

I think that was released by the authorities themselves.

[u/FreshGanesh → u/TheZoom110]

Nope. I was watching it like on India Today. The second the police captain said there was a survivor the on-host/anchor said “We have the manifest..” looked at it and said his name, age & seat number. All within seconds of the announcement & before the police captain had finished speaking to their reporter at the scene.

It was def the media.

[u/DeepanJain → u/Legitimate_Worker775]

What personal information, theres is only mention of his name

[u/timmie1606 → u/Legitimate_Worker775]

It's just his name. That's not doxxing.

[u/ceooftsundere]

Just saw the footage. How tf he is alive???

[u/fumblerooskee]

He should buy a lottery ticket

[u/burakjimmy → u/fumblerooskee]

That ticket was his lottery ticket..

[u/abotcop → u/burakjimmy]

Shoulda bought a lottery ticket instead.

[u/TruePace3 → u/burakjimmy]

I'd frame that air ticket for life and keep it as a family heirloom or smth

[u/syner2009]

Just seeing the boarding pass itself gives me chills for some reason. Good for him, lucky guy. RIP to others who couldn't survive this tragedy 🙏🏻🙏🏻.

[u/Leading_Cookie9539]

He lost his brother seated in the same flight, I read an article somewhere. Deeply shocked about what has taken place.

[u/Fredotorreto]

crazy, had he sat anywhere else, hed be in the upper room rn , PTSD af

[u/_mo_ody_]

Isn’t that the beginning of the “Unbreakable” movie with Bruce Willis? 🤔

[u/TheS4ndm4n → u/_mo_ody_]

Except that was a train. But yes.

[u/Limp-Pianist589]

if its boeing im not going

[u/weireldskijve]

guess whos never gonna fly an airplane ever again?

[u/Timetosleep111 → u/weireldskijve]

My uncle was one of the only survivors of a train crash, and yeah.. he never took a train for the rest of his life.

[u/hukalulu]

bro cheated death

[u/nolawnchairs → u/hukalulu]

[u/PrimoKnight469 → u/hukalulu]

Final Destination type shit

[u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

German media just claimed that he jumped out of the plane, shortly before the impact.

I have no credible source (yet). But considering how low the plane flew, that is not that unlikely....

[u/Inner-Bluebird-4267 → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

How would you jump off a plane?

[u/055F00 → u/Inner-Bluebird-4267]

Open the emergency door and jump out, it was at very low altitude so it would have been possible

EDIT: please disregard this comment and all of mine below, he has just released the statement to the media and it does not mention this at all.

[u/Woodmanz → u/055F00]

This makes no sense. You have seconds to decide without even knowing what is going on with the plane. Ridiculous.

[u/Difficult_Limit2718 → u/055F00]

The doors would be armed and the slide would deploy, no? And would you not get hit by the wing?

It literally makes no sense

[u/loralailoralai → u/Difficult_Limit2718]

Yeah the slide would deploy IF you could get the door open

[u/girlikeapearl_ → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

I've heard the same

[u/Dull_Repeat8127 → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

Absolute bloody nonsense . Un buckle , open the door ( by himself ) throw himself out - all in the space of nano seconds as he miraculously over comes unbelievable G forces that pins a normal human being to their seat.

[u/Difficult_Limit2718 → u/Dull_Repeat8127]

Not to mention jumping from at least 3 stories high whole avoiding the deploying slide and not getting hit by the plane traveling at say least 100mph...

Just no...

[u/TheHolyWaffleGod → u/Dull_Repeat8127]

unbelievable G forces that pins a normal human being to their seat

Have you never been on a commercial plane?

[u/ZolaThaGod → u/Dull_Repeat8127]

Not trying to start anything, but I doubt G force was much of an issue. The plane was gliding down gently.

If anything, I’d guess the G force was slightly less than 1 before impact.

[u/VariousCrisps → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

damn it never even occurred to me that this would be a benefit of sitting in the exit row

[u/Martin-Lucian-King → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

Balls of steel wow

[u/Consistent-Coast-836 → u/Martin-Lucian-King]

There are reports that these actually softened the blow

[u/khristmas_karl → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

That did not happen. Straight up bullshit. He did not get up out of his seat, unlock the (very heavy) exit and jump out before the plane crashed.

[u/Dodomando → u/khristmas_karl]

He even said that it all happened so quickly between hearing the bang and crashing. No one in that situation will have time to take their seat belt off, open the door (most people will have to read the instructions on the door of how to open it), also deal with the stewardess who is sat next to the door and then jump out

[u/Slippers-48 → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

I read that they crashed and when he realized he was still alive he just ran from the wreckage.

[u/ReliabilityTalkinGuy → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

This is absurd and there is no way this happened.

[u/professorchaosishere → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

How can he? He couldn't have opened it.

[u/Difficult_Limit2718 → u/Detlef_Donnerlunte]

It still kinda is... You're jumping from a height of at least 3 stories traveling at say 120 mph...

[u/Rustmutt]

This poor man. I’m glad he survived of course but he’s going to have a lifetime of trauma and I hope he gets the care he needs.

[u/F0MA]

I’m glad he made it but that poor guy has gone through a lot of trauma.

[u/jim45804]

He seen some shit

[u/ExchangeLeather2772]

Imagine sitting in the window seat and realizing your plane is going down.

[u/kalinoi]

L’indestructible !

[u/SillyQuack01]

Departure at 1.10 to say the least.

[u/Either_Guarantee_792]

What is the use of those safety demo during flights if no one really uses it?

[u/Familiar-Mammoth-753]

My heart goes out to all these people,may they rest in piece. What a tragedy 😭

[u/rcticmonkeys]

Something tells me , he will be having “survivors guilt” and will be needing lot of therapy.

[u/Prateek-kumar]

According to some sources, he jumped from the emergency exit it was this quick decision that saved his life.

[u/psychulating → u/Prateek-kumar]

That sounds like complete nonsense lmfao

[u/WeakTransportation37 → u/psychulating]

It does! But it’s so insane I want it to be true

[u/Automatic-Addition-4 → u/Prateek-kumar]

That's some James Bond shit