Man thought dead in plane crash stuns family by turning up alive 45 years later

mirror.co.uk:

A man believed to have died in a plane crash 45 years ago has turned up alive and well. Sajid Thungal is now set to be reunited with his stunned wife and family after he allowed them to believe he had been killed in a plane crash.

The 70-year-old left his hometown of Shasthamkotta in India in October 1976 to support his family by working in the Persian Gulf.

But disaster struck when one of the engines on his Indian Airlines flight from Bombay to Madras caught fire, killing 95 people on board.

Sajid’s parents, four sisters and three brothers believed he was among the dead but in reality, he travelled to Abu Dhabi where he got a job promoting Indian culture overseas and organising screenings of Malayalam movies.