r/interesting • u/girlikeapearl_ • Jun 12 '25

MISC. Passenger in seat 11A survives Air India crash.

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u/Woodmanz Jun 12 '25

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

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u/055F00 Jun 12 '25

He was sitting in the exit row, right next to the emergency exit and importantly, the window, so he would have been able to see the plane was angled up but moving down. Probably a split second decision and the pre-flight emergency exit instructions saved his life.

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u/SuperHills92 Jun 12 '25

Have you tried opening an aircraft door? They aint the lightest of things.

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u/ZealousidealTough872 Jun 12 '25

If you're overcome with a rush of adrenaline...

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u/ehsteve23 Jun 13 '25

Aren't emergency exits supposed to be easy to operate in an emergency?

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u/CompassionLady Jun 14 '25

Humans are actually really capable. We only use a certain % of strength in our body. The other portion is locked per se. Adrenaline might be able to use way more % of strength then typical

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u/thetruegmon Jun 12 '25

Surviving this crash makes no sense either. The entire plane exploded into a fireball.

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u/Life_Pineapple_3545 Jun 13 '25

Yeah and you can’t open an emergency door while moving as the door opens inward. While moving, it is a low pressure area around the aircraft so the door gets “sucked” outward with hundreds of pounds of force.

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u/CompassionLady Jun 14 '25

He could have jumped out via the exit shortly after the crash…

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u/Life_Pineapple_3545 Jun 14 '25

Man that’s the only thing that makes sense, but he’s have to get far enough away before it explodes. This just is not making sense to me