Ruangsak Loychusak, now 47 years old, was onboard Thai Airways’ ill-fated flight TG261, travelling from Bangkok to Surat Thani.

The flight at the time stalled and then plunged into a swamp as it attempted to land. There were 132 passengers and 14 crew members on board, of whom 101 lost their lives, and 45 were injured.

Ruangsak remembers the tragedy very well and revealed how he got ‘goosebumps’ when he saw the sole person to survive the tragedy was Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was sitting in seat 11A.

“The lone survivor of the plane crash in India was sitting in the same seat number as me, 11A”, Mr Loychusak said.

“I want to offer my condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the tragedy,” he went on.

While he did not have his ticket any longer, he said the