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The Seat No One Wants… But That Saved a Life: The Mysterious Air India Flight 11A
Some airline seats are avoided because of superstition, some because of discomfort. But Seat 11A on Air India Flight 11A is etched into aviation folklore for a different reason altogether: it became the seat that no one wanted—until the day it saved a life.
An Unremarkable Flight with an Unusual History
Flight 11A was a standard route—Delhi to London, packed with business travelers, students, and families. But among frequent flyers, rumors had long swirled about a “curse” on Seat 11A. It started with whispered stories of passengers feeling ill, electronics malfunctioning mid-flight, and more than one instance of someone requesting to change seats just before takeoff.
Flight attendants would roll their eyes—until the pattern became too strange to ignore. Still, no formal report ever confirmed anything beyond the ordinary. After all, superstition and travel go hand-in-hand. Airports are full of stories, most of them forgotten.
But then came the flight on June 17, 2019.
The Woman Who Missed Her Flight… and Her Fate
On that day, a young woman named Priya Sharma had booked Seat 11A. She was a 28-year-old software engineer flying to London for a long-awaited reunion with her fiancé. But a minor delay on the Metro caused her to miss the final boarding call by mere minutes.
Frustrated and tearful at the gate, she watched the plane taxi away without her.
Four hours later, news broke: Air India Flight 11A had made an emergency landing in Istanbul after a sudden drop in cabin pressure. Oxygen masks were deployed. Several passengers suffered from severe hypoxia. Among them? The man who had taken Priya’s seat at the last minute—a standby passenger named Mr. Deepak Mehta.
He was the only person on board who lost consciousness and had to be resuscitated mid-air.
Doctors later revealed he had a previously undiagnosed heart condition. The rapid decompression had triggered a near-fatal cardiac episode. He survived, thanks to a doctor on board and a defibrillator in the cabin.
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