Dubai-Kerala Air India mishap: Meet hero who helped rescue crash victims

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00:00My name is Junaid Mukkudu. I am 20 meters away from the airport.

00:06Last night around 7.30 or 7.40, I heard two loud explosions and I left my house.

00:12It was a good weather and it was raining, so I thought it was an explosion.

00:16When I came out, I realized that it was an accident.

00:20As soon as I reached the airport, I saw a flight skidding down from the runway.

00:27We immediately went to the side and stopped the vehicles to avoid a fire.

00:33We quickly switched off the engines.

00:36When we went there, we saw two separate pieces of a flight.

00:42One part of the plane, that is, the cockpit, was stuck around the airport.

00:46We saw two pilots standing in it.

00:49The gate that was adjacent to the runway was opened from inside.

00:56We were told to open the gate.

00:58I think it was because of the fire that we were told to open the gate a little later.

01:02We were told to open the gate.

01:04We were told to open the gate when the people inside were screaming for help.

01:12However, after opening the gate, we did not let him inside.

01:16Because his safety was on my side.

01:19Four minutes later, an ambulance came from the airport.

01:23There was only one person in the ambulance.

01:25There were five people in the ambulance.

01:28Because of these five people, we realized that we could not rescue him.

01:32We were asking them to help us.

01:35They said, of course, we will help you.

01:37We got inside the ambulance.

01:40When the plane crashed, people were screaming outside.

01:46Everyone had fractures.

01:48I got a 1.5-year-old baby in my hand.

01:52The baby had fractures all over his body.

01:56I took the baby to the ambulance.

02:00I went to the hospital with six people in the ambulance.

02:06I got in touch with my friends.

02:08I asked them how fast they could get to the hospital.

02:12They brought their own vehicles home.

02:15The rest of the people were in normal vehicles.

02:17About 70% of the people in Palakapuram, Mukkot and Chirai were in their own vehicles.

02:26They were taken to the hospital.

02:28They were taken to the MLA hospital and the MLA control room.

02:33The rest of the people were taken to the hospital.

02:36They were taken to other hospitals.

02:38They were taken to other hospitals.

02:40They were taken to other hospitals.

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