"Lucky To Be Sitting Close To Cockpit": 1993 Indian Airlines Crash Survivor

"Lucky To Be Sitting Close To Cockpit": 1993 Indian Airlines Crash Survivor

Vasant Chavan, a former mayor of Parbhani, said that he survived the tragedy only because he was sitting near the cockpit and not in the rear part where the fuel tank was located.

Survivor of 1993 Indian Airlines crash remembers tragedy

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jun 13 (PTI) As the crash of the Air India flight in Ahmedabad has shocked the country, a resident of Parbhani in Maharashtra on Friday recalled another aircraft accident that took place 32 years ago and claimed 55 lives.Vasant Chavan, a former Parbhani mayor, told a news-channel that he survived the tragedy only because he was sitting near the cockpit and not in the rear part where the fuel tank was located.He was on …