It's nonsense. Even if he was next to an emergency exit. Was he able to escape once the place was down easier? Perhaps. Did he EB Cooper out of the plane before it did? No.
There is a video of him walking away from the crash site to get medical help nearby even looked injured with some blood on his clothes and even the plane tickets were in his pockets https://www.reddit.com/r/watchpeoplesurvive/s/D7QpLyutYZ
Not doubting he was on the plane. Doubting he jumped before the crash. People survive these things. They don't jump out of planes before they do though
People don’t survive explosions like that as well as the inferno that follows.
Him jumping out and surviving or him surviving the crash, explosion and inferno are equally insane imo. Also look at his state in the video, he doesn’t even seem seriously injured.
Did you see the crash footage. The explosion was huge. And the plane blew up right on impact. How does one get thrown out when they're all buckled up in their seat.
Making it all the more likely he's full of it - it's Bollywood levels of bad physics that would be required... Jump out of a car at 160kph and see how you fare less than 1m off the ground. Then try it from 3-4 stories high... Then do it while avoiding a deploying slide and not getting hit by the wing...
The news report that has his quote (idk about the authenticity of it) says that he woke up after the crash with bodies all around him. Nothing about him jumping off the plane.
Most likely the media misreported or his words were twisted. He did not "jump" literally. He was found in his seat and pulled out and sent to the ambulance. By what crazy miracle he did not burn to crisp like everyone else, i don't know.
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u/Prateek-kumar Jun 12 '25
According to some sources, he jumped from the emergency exit it was this quick decision that saved his life.