{"id":9475,"date":"2025-06-17T08:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/aviation-expert-analyzes-air-india-solo-survivors-luck-safety-of-seating-in-crashes\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:40:04","slug":"aviation-expert-analyzes-air-india-solo-survivors-luck-safety-of-seating-in-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/aviation-expert-analyzes-air-india-solo-survivors-luck-safety-of-seating-in-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Expert Analyzes Air India Solo Survivor&#8217;s Luck, Safety of Seating in Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Air India Sole Survivor<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Aviation Expert Says Seat 11A May Have Saved Him &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8216;It Was a Miracle!!!&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-06-17T01:00:52-07:00\">June 17, 2025 1:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-00aca02f5d3ababbd63a0ab300de8fed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-db3600cd-e272-41b6-b6d0-1f07990a3a3c-2069635269-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-db3600cd-e272-41b6-b6d0-1f07990a3a3c-2069635269-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/11\/16by9\/2025\/06\/16\/11c31c0ad69f4a53953e7ff198eacab9_md.jpg\" alt=\"061625_capt_ross_aimer_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-00aca02f5d3ababbd63a0ab300de8fed--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f1c0925fe9962acbf0da7c30018373b9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Captain <strong>Ross &#8220;Rusty&#8221; Aimer<\/strong> &#8212; a retired United Airlines pilot and the CEO of Aero Consulting Experts &#8212; dissects potential reasons why the solo Air India survivor walked away from the tragic crash site where hundreds died &#8230; and he says it may have everything to do with where the man was sitting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f1c0925fe9962acbf0da7c30018373b9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-37cd964984f175f3a21b697a8aafea6e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know, last week, an Air India flight tragically crashed moments after taking off, killing more than 200 passengers on board &#8212; but, one flier was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/16\/viswash-kumar-ramesh-survivor-india-plane-crash-phone-call\/\"><strong>seen walking away from the explosion<\/strong><\/a>, practically untouched.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-37cd964984f175f3a21b697a8aafea6e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a39936cd591d5f1d3f9dbb4d6bf40148\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Capt. Rusty tells us there&#8217;s not necessarily a &#8220;safest&#8221; seat a person can sit in on a plane, but if you can get as close as possible to any emergency exit door, your chances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/13\/air-india-plane-crash-survivor-video-walking-away-details-escape\/\"><strong>walking off a plane<\/strong><\/a> if it goes down definitely increase.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a39936cd591d5f1d3f9dbb4d6bf40148--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9615e3dc7989b86eef6479f53e4fc7d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-73a3d5fe-900a-44a5-b416-52f8c60d1807-466010315-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-73a3d5fe-900a-44a5-b416-52f8c60d1807-466010315-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fc\/16by9\/2025\/06\/16\/fcee355082a94262bf2d3922b527514c_md.jpg\" alt=\"061625_crash_survivor_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9615e3dc7989b86eef6479f53e4fc7d3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8f26d370763ad1c39f8bb5c17fa90710\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The expert adds that being close to an emergency exit &#8212; like <strong>Viswash Kumar Ramesh<\/strong>&#8216;s seat 11A was on this plane &#8212; allows the passenger to be the first off the plane in the worst scenarios, which can mean life or death within a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8f26d370763ad1c39f8bb5c17fa90710--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dbeea69ea1af47a5023519ce09b726a8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He points out in <strong>Ramesh<\/strong>&#8216;s<strong> <\/strong>case, you can see in videos of the explosion there was a ton of fuel, but Ramesh was apparently saved from the inferno by sitting forward of fuel tanks located by the wings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dbeea69ea1af47a5023519ce09b726a8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a5cc4f95b62449e7fffa326824fc437\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3275c2ab-b322-4a4e-bca6-7363e134693a-2119009885-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3275c2ab-b322-4a4e-bca6-7363e134693a-2119009885-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/65\/16by9\/2025\/06\/13\/657a45ba2a394f689f3650e32f9a598e_md.jpg\" alt=\"061325_air_india_survivor_intv_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a5cc4f95b62449e7fffa326824fc437--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-438f6c402cba67690a69eba303f680a3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>However, the retired pilot wants to emphasize there\u2019s no such thing as a guaranteed safe seat on any type of aircraft. He jokes pilots are usually the first to arrive at a crash site &#8230; but in every plane crash instance, each seat&#8217;s level of safety varies depending on the nature of the incident.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-438f6c402cba67690a69eba303f680a3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7a45afc69f3989604a48838647697344\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7a45afc69f3989604a48838647697344--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8a0c2de679c021e27378ed587972c19\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Captain Rusty also says there have been several sole-survivor plane-crash cases, so it&#8217;s not necessarily unheard of &#8212; but, he reveals that even though he doesn\u2019t typically believe in miracles, this survivor story may prompt him to start believing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8a0c2de679c021e27378ed587972c19--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/17\/aviation-expert-air-india-crash-solo-survivor\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air India Sole Survivor Aviation Expert Says Seat 11A May Have Saved Him &#8230; &#8216;It Was a Miracle!!!&#8217; Published June 17, 2025 1:00 AM PDT Play video content TMZ.com Captain Ross &#8220;Rusty&#8221; Aimer &#8212; a retired United Airlines pilot and the CEO of Aero Consulting Experts &#8212; dissects potential reasons why the solo Air India [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/aviation-expert-analyzes-air-india-solo-survivors-luck-safety-of-seating-in-crashes\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-9475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9475"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=9475"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=9475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}