Catastrophic events such as the Air India crash affect us deeply. The thought of going down in an aircraft may feel more frightening than dying in other ways. All this taps into the emotions of fear,

Ramesh Vishwaskumar Bucharvada, 40, was the sole survivor of Flight AI171, which went down just 30 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12

Viswashkumar Ramesh, on Air India Flight 171 in seat 11A, was the only survivor after the plane crashed in Ahmedabad. An expert called his escape “extraordinary.”