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Jeetendra recalls escaping a fatal plane crash

Jeetendra recently made an appearance for a comedy show where he shared an anecdote about being saved from the 1976 Indian Airlines flight crash where 96 people died.

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Actor and veteran Jeetendra is known to share some fascinating anecdotes from either his carer of his personal life in the many media interactions he is present at. But not all anecdotes are all merry and happy as the actor recently shared a terrifying story how he escaped a fatal plane crash.

Jeetendra recently made an appearance for a comedy show where he shared an anecdote about being saved from the 1976 Indian Airlines flight crash where 96 people died.

Speaking about the same, the actor shared that the flight which was scheduled for 7 pm got delayed by two hours. That day also happened to be Karva Chauth, hence he thought of going back home and helping his wife in completing the ritual of the fast.

He recalled calling his wife Shobha and informing her that he’ll come back home for the moonrise so she could complete the Karwa Chauth ritual. Jeetendra had reached home but his wife was still waiting for the moonrise. On reaching home, Shobha wouldn’t let him leave again for the same.

Soon after, he went into his balcony and saw a ball of fire in the air heading towards the airport ground. The actor further added, his phone was ringing continuously, as everyone who knew about his travel wanted to check up on him. The flight, which was headed from Mumbai to Chennai, had taken off, but turned around towards the airport soon and the subsequent plane crash had 96 fatalities. One of Jeetendra’s co-stars Rani Chandra died in the tragic crash.

Talk about escaping death with the slightest of margins!

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