Flight to Gatwick crashes near airport in Ahmedabad, India,

No amount of compensation will make this easier for the sole survivor. That's an unimaginable thing to have to live with

I can't imagine even a bizarre scenario in which someone in the 11th row would walk away from that explosion. I suppose the hull broke there and his seat somehow launched far from the fireball. But it was a plane full to the brim with fuel and he was right in the middle of it.. Mind boggling.

On CNN they were live to reporter in India on scene, reporter said the survivor told officials he pulled the emergency exit door and jumped out the plane going down the runway. So for all we know, this guy caused it, why would he open a door and jump out before a thing happened, and maybe the opening of the door caused plane not to fly.He was not on the plane when it crashed, or maybe he's a hoax, and was not ever on the plane.

I very much doubt the man would be able to walk if he jumped out of a Boeing 787 going over 100mph down a runway

In any event the guy stated “When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”

Astonishing how someone could walk away from that crash, info is very sketchy. I guess the proximity of the emergency exit at seat 11A was a factor. Anyone know if the emergency chute would have got deployed to allow him to get away from the fireball?

11A surprises me. Normally it's in the very back of the plane where one would be most likely to survive a crash. So I presume the proximity to the emergency exit was a very strong factor.

That sure is strange. There were also discussions on the position of the flaps and why the wheels were not up. We just have to wait for the flight recorder data.

I'm reluctant to speculate, but if multiple electronic systems go down then it's usually an uncontained fire that causes it

The screen in front is working OK.

Sure, not discount it completely but consider he's just a regular guy who went through something terrible and traumatic.

There is no way to jump out a plane doing takeoff speed and survive. Absolutely no way. That's Bollywood level of incredible stunt.

But I'm pretty sure you can open the emergency exit doors at that altitude, l don't think there is a lock other than the one you're supposed to operate. But the lack of pressure difference that doesn't prevent the doors from being open also doesn't do anything to the plane either.