Confusion over time saved life of Keralite
She was originally scheduled to board the ill-fated Air India Express plane bound for Mangalore.
But, Thresiamma Philip, a Keralite who currently lives in Dubai, was saved by a stroke of luck as she got the timing of the flight wrong.
A visibly relieved Ms Philip, who was planning to meet her children in Mangalore, said she could not believe that such a miracle had taken place.
“I was booked on the Air India Express flight that was scheduled to depart at 1.15 am from Dubai. But I thought my flight was at 1.15 pm. The confusion over am and pm saved my life,” she told a television channel over phone from Dubai.
Ms Philip came to know that she had missed her flight only after she read online that an Air India plane has crash-landed near Mangalore.
Only after reading the news item, she checked her ticket and found that she was one of the passengers of the ill-fated plane and was lucky enough to miss the flight, albeit my mistake.
“It is a miracle...I think only God saved me from this incident. I still cannot believe...,” she said.
Ms Philip usually takes an Air India flight to Mangalore twice a year to meet her children in Mangalore and then to her native place in Kerala.
“Every time I go to Kerala, I go via Mangalore, because my children are there...This time... I am happy and I can’t believe... I am thankful to God,” she said.
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CRPF sends 600 officers for rescue
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
May 22: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has sent 600 personnel to Mangalore, where an Air India aircraft crashed on Saturday, for rescue operation. The CRPF has sent a team of doctors also.
“Two companies, comprising 300 personnel each and a team of doctors, have been sent from Paringam in Kerala. One company is also being sent from Bengaluru,” said a senior official of the CRPF.
The official further said, “CRPF personnel will also help the local police to control the crowd at the crash site and outside hospitals”.
Besides, more than 150 personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) are already engaged in the rescue operation there. Sources in the CISF said, “The para-military force is in touch with the local authorities and if required, additional companies of the CISF will be sent for the rescue operation”.
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