A 62-year-old grandfather walked away
unscathed from the crash landing with the 300 other people on board, moments
before the plane exploded in a fireball. Mr Khada, from India, then had another
stroke of luck when his winning lottery ticket turned him into a
millionaire. The lucky ticket number 0845 was drawn in the Dubai Duty Free Millennium
Millionaire lottery at Concourse A at Dubai International Airport. Mr Khadar, who works in a Dubai car dealership, bought the ticket in the
airport on his way to Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of
Kerala. On his return trip, he was seated on the
plane which crash landed and caught fire. He collected his prize on Tuesday, which came just four months before he was
due to retire. He told Gulf News: "I have been working in Dubai for 37 years, and I have
always felt like this is my country. "I live a simple life, and now that it’s my time to retire, I feel like God
gave me a second life when I survived the plane crash, and blessed me with this
money to follow all this up by doing good things". Mr Khadar plans to move back to India and try to find a job where he can help
people in need. He said: "I am blessed to have finally won with Dubai Duty Free and can’t
wait to share the news with my family. "If you ask me about my plans, I obviously want to help the children in
Kerala who are less fortunate than others and need some financial help and
medical support “I don’t want to give it to a charity or build a business, I want to go out
and find people who really need help and give them money. I was poor, and I know
what people go through".
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