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June 17, 2025

Canada's recent federal election has altered not only its domestic political landscape but also the broader contours of its foreign policy – particularly its strained ties with India.

The shocking crash of Air India's London-bound Dreamliner continues to stir the public conscience, but amid the tragedy's overwhelming grief, one extraordinary human story stands out – the miraculous survival of a lone passenger who walked out of the rubble. It is a rare glimmer of life amid death, an outcome so improbable that it demands both awe and reflection. Survivor accounts in aviation disasters are rare, especially when no other passenger or crew member makes it out alive. In this case, the fortunate escape of the man seated in 11A raises profound questions about fate, chance, and the unpredictable physics of catastrophic accidents. His own description – of flickering lights, violent jolts, and crawling through the torn fuselage moments before the aircraft exploded – reads like something from a nightmare. Yet, for him, it was the split-second difference between life and death. Such testimonies matter greatly. Beyond their human drama, they provide investigators critical first-hand clues on what went wrong inside the cabin in those final chaotic moments. Did pressure failure, electrical disruption, or cabin decompression give the earliest signs of the unfolding disaster? Did systems fail to alert the crew in time? The survivor's impressions – confused, fearful, but genuine – may help triangulate technical data from the aircraft's flight recorders. But there is another, deeper layer to this survival that the aviation community cannot ignore. A crash where only one soul survives forces a fresh reckoning with aircraft design, passenger safety, and emergency protocols. Is seat location, especially proximity to an exit, a factor in crash survivability? Do modern cabin materials and layouts provide sufficient escape opportunities in such sudden calamities? While some of these que

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