Dubai: Jilu Joseph is still in shock. The air hostess with FlyDubai had flown up to Dubai with the Malayali couple who died in a plane crash in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday.
Her close friends in the cabin crew were among the 62 who perished in the accident.
Jilu had flown several times to Rostov-on-Don in her five years with FlyDubai. On Friday, she left Kochi for Dubai as a passenger on the plane that also carried Shyam Mohan and Anju, the couple who were to board the fatal connection flight to the Russian city.
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Jilu, who hails from Kumily, is one of the few Malayali air hostesses in FlyDubai.
The accident has come as a shocker for many who work in the aviation industry. Air Arabia staffer Najeeb Rehman, who hails from Mahe, is mourning the death of his close friend Idrees Maxim. Rehman and Maxim had worked together in Air Arabia for about three years.