Mother escapes plane crash inferno, son sleeping inside tea stall dies
PTC News Desk: In another tragic event, a 14-year-old boy died while he was sleeping inside the tea stall after Air India plane crashed ruminating inferno. However her mother survived and sustained burn injuries. She is currently undergoing treatment.
The victim, Akash Patni, was sleeping in the tea stall close to the BJ Medical College hostel building where the London-bound flight turned into a massive fireball, minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.
His mother, Sitaben failed miserably while saving her son from the fire and debris and also sustained burn injuries.
Sitaben, who is admitted to the ICU at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, said she did not see the flight, but heard a loud explosion and saw plumes of black smoke.
"The plane crashed behind (our tea stall) and there was a loud sound. A massive fire broke out. Nothing was visible. My son was sleeping inside the shop and he died," she said.
My son and I were at home and my wife was at the tea stall. He had gone to give food to my wife. He fed his mother and slept there at the shop. Suddenly, the plane crashed and there was a massive fire near our shop. My wife survived and she has been hospitalised," victim's father said.
- PTC NEWS
