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[Sampson]

From bbc 

 

Leicester residents believed to have been on crashed plane - British MPpublished at 17:02

17:02

The MP for Leicester East has said she understands "a handful of Leicester residents" were onboard the crashed plane.

Shivani Raja tells the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan that her community, which has a high population of British-Gujaratis, is "really horrified and devastated waking up to such tragic news".

"So far my understanding is that there are a handful of Leicester residents who were on board that flight - but I am still awaiting for official reports on that," the Conservative MP says.

[st albans fox]

11 minutes ago, adam1 said:

Calling bs on the survivor. Million to one chance with a plane full of fuel and the subsequent inferno

 

inclined to agree with you - but how has he got such a clean looking boarding pass ?  Surely no one is going to take that from a body and pretend to be that person ???

 

miracles do happen - that’s why there’s a word to describe such happenings! 
 

apparently his family have spoken to him and it’s true !!

Edited 12 June 2025 by st albans fox

[StanSP]

9 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

14 minutes ago, adam1 said:

Calling bs on the survivor. Million to one chance with a plane full of fuel and the subsequent inferno

 

inclined to agree with you - but how has he got such a clean looking boarding pass ?  Surely no one is going to take that from a body and pretend to be that person ???

 

miracles do happen - that’s why there’s a word to describe such happenings! 
 

apparently his family have spoken to him and it’s true

Could be on his phone...? 

[Foxdiamond]

10 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

inclined to agree with you - but how has he got such a clean looking boarding pass ?  Surely no one is going to take that from a body and pretend to be that person ???

 

miracles do happen - that’s why there’s a word to describe such happenings! 
 

apparently his family have spoken to him and it’s true !!

Talking of miracles anybody heard of Sgt Alkemade of Loughborough ?

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Could be on his phone...? 

Seen a photo of the paper version 

anyway- his family has confirmed that it’s him so expect seat 11A to become the most popular seat on future flights ! 

[EastAnglianFox]

Just seen the video of the apparent survivor just walking away from the wreckage with just a few scratches on him

 

Wild if that’s really him

[Tommy G]

2 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Seen a photo of the paper version 

anyway- his family has confirmed that it’s him so expect seat 11A to become the most popular seat on future flights ! 

Yes seen it - it looks legit and there is a video of him walking around afterwards in a state. 

Edited 12 June 2025 by Tommy G

[StanSP]

Unbelievable! 

 

 

 

[The Year Of The Fox]

787 seating plan 

[leicsmac]

On the one hand, that's miraculous for that man. 

 

On the other hand, he'll be seeing this day in his mind for the rest of his life. 

[UniFox21]

Dislike on the news hearing suggestions of engine malfunction or crew error by experts. If the Crew have died, no need to drag their names through until there's any real evidence 

[Craig]

Lives in Leicester too apparently

[Foxdiamond]

11 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Dislike on the news hearing suggestions of engine malfunction or crew error by experts. If the Crew have died, no need to drag their names through until there's any real evidence 

Rush to judgement is a common problem these days

[foxy boxing]

The pilots issued a mayday call so soon after takeoff, so clearly something catastrophic happened and happened very quickly. 

[StanSP]

47 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Dislike on the news hearing suggestions of engine malfunction or crew error by experts. If the Crew have died, no need to drag their names through until there's any real evidence 

I didn't like earlier BBC were speculating about how much this might cost Boeing, and started mentioning how people km the 737s were killed in two separate crashes. Speculating about what might have happened on today's tragic incident in terms of plane malfunctions etc. 

 

 

[MattFox]

1 hour ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Handful of leicester residents on the plane

Bound to be sadly

 

That part of India is where most Leicester-Indians originate from

[kenny]

6 minutes ago, StanSP said:

I didn't like earlier BBC were speculating about how much this might cost Boeing, and started mentioning how people km the 737s were killed in two separate crashes. Speculating about what might have happened on today's tragic incident in terms of plane malfunctions etc. 

 

 

Boeing have already offered the families 86k each, which is really weird.

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

How is it possible one person survives the crash and they just wander about afterwards? That’s crazy!

[StanSP]

5 minutes ago, kenny said:

Boeing have already offered the families 86k each, which is really weird.

Tata have, not Boeing. 

[StanSP]

Just now, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

How is it possible one person survives the crash and they just wander about afterwards? That’s crazy!

Jumped out apparently! Who knows when or how he could do that, but it's spectacular anyway. 

 

 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Jumped out!? Guess when it’s not your time it’s not your time. Think he’ll have a bad case of survivors guilt, mind. Poor bloke.

[kenny]

5 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Tata have, not Boeing. 

Apologies, I meant air India. Still strange though.

[foxy boxing]

11 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Jumped out apparently! Who knows when or how he could do that, but it's spectacular anyway. 

 

 

That's some unbreakable or Final Destination stuff.

[StanSP]

9 minutes ago, kenny said:

Apologies, I meant air India. Still strange though.

Yeah to announce immediate compensation I've not heard about before! 

[SecretPro]

Just had the survivors family on East Mids Today. Unbelievable stuff really.