This is a different plane from the Boeing 737 Max, which was in the headlines after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 respectively. A software fault was found to have caused those incidents and the model was grounded worldwide for 18 months.

Seated in 11A, Ramesh's escape was quickly labelled a miracle. Social media erupted with references to "God's grace", "sheer luck", and even to the seat itself, with terms like 'Miracle Seat' 11A going viral.

Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg finds himself in a painfully familiar role as he faces another crisis, this time over a crash involving the company’s marquee 787 Dreamliner jet in India that killed more than 240 people.