Essays

Introduction. A flight in an aeroplane is a highly exciting Experience it.  Is flying in the air like a bird. The whole thing is strange and wonderful. But there is also a risk in flying. The cases of aeroplane crash are common. Where I saw the crash. I once happened to see a sight of aeroplane crash. Last year I was in my village. It was morning. I was out for a walk. As I was moving up and down the railway bridge, I heard a terrible sound. I looked into the direction from where sound was heard. I saw an aeroplane burning. I at once ran to the place of occurrence.

Cause of the crash. The scene which L saw was a moving scene of human misery. An aeroplane had met with an accident. It had taken off from the indira Gandhi Aerodrome, Delhi. It was hound for Madras It carried 100 passengers besides the pilot. It had covered hardly one hundred kilometer when the trouble with the engine started The pilot trailed his best   the engine right. When all his attempts tailed, he decided in land. As the plane was gliding down, it struck against a hill. It crashed down with a terrible noise. The engine caught fire. The plane was split to pieces.

Ghastly scene. The passengers in the plane cried for help. Their Cries were heart-rending., When 1 reached the scene of accident, i found many passengers dr.id. I pulled out the two passengers safe. The rest could not he saved. "The place within an area of half a kilometers was all filled with the little pieces of the body of the plane. The two passengers whom I had saved had serious injuries on their bodies. The skins of their bodies were burnt. I ran back to the police station. A rescue party at once started for the place of occurrence.

Work of rescue party. I lie first thing that the rescue party did was to extinguish fire. Buckets lull of sand were thrown on the fire. After hall ^an hours, the fire was brought under control. There lay dead bodies of the passengers and the pilot. It was a ghastly scene. The whole scene was tilled by the small pieces of the smashed aero plane. The air was also charged with heat. I had never seen such a sight of misery before in my life. The two living passengers were carried on the stretcher to the town hospital. When they recovered their senses, the police recorded their statements. The dead bodies were also carried in a truck to the nearest police station. Men of Civil Aviation reached the village to hold on inquiry into the accident.

Conclusion. It was then I felt how dangerous it was to fly in the air the officials who had come from Delhi to hold an inquiry praised my efforts in having saved two lives. They mentioned my name in their report with respect. They recommended that 1 should be suitably rewarded for my uncommon courage and determination.