According to a report by Daily Post, an Indian national, Akash Vatsa, has recounted a chilling experience with the Air India Boeing 787 aircraft that crashed on Thursday at London’s Gatwick Airport, killing nearly all 242 people on board. Vatsa revealed that he had travelled on the same aircraft just two hours before it embarked on its fatal journey.
According to him, the plane showed signs of technical malfunction, including a faulty air conditioning system and other electronic failures, during his earlier flight from Delhi to Ahmedabad.
Taking to his X account shortly after the crash, Vatsa wrote, “I was on the same damn flight 2 hours before it took off from AMD. I came in on this from DEL-AMD. Noticed unusual things in the place.”
The Air India flight, which lost signal shortly after departure from Ahmedabad, was carrying 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese citizens, and one Canadian. According to reports, only one person survived.
In response, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the crash “heartbreaking beyond words,” while Air India confirmed that a special team had been dispatched to Ahmedabad to assist families and support investigations.
Global leaders, including Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have extended condolences.
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