Hyderabad, June 19 -- Indian expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly asking for seat 11A or nearby seats when booking flights, hoping it might offer extra safety after the recent Air India plane crash

The interest in this particular seat grew after thetragedy unfolded onThursday, June 12, when Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight AI171, bound for London with 242 passengers on board, crashed into the hostel and dining facilities of BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad, which killed more than 270 people. The only known survivor, 45-year-old British-Indian passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, had been seated in 11A next to an emergency exit. He managed to escape the burning aircraft with injuries.

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