Keralite wins $1 million jackpot 6 days after surviving plane crash in Dubai
Dubai: A man from Kerala who was on-board the Emirates airline that crash-landed at Dubai airport on August 3 couldn’t get luckier as just six days after his miraculous escape, he won a jackpot of 1 million US dollars.
The lucky number – 0845 – of the man from Kerala, Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, was announced by Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire at Concourse A at Dubai International Airport, according to Gulf News.
Khadar, who works as a fleet administrator with a car dealer in Dubai, bought the raffle ticket when he was headed to his home in Thiruvananthapuram on Eid in July.
“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,” said Khadar.
Khadar, who is retiring in four months, plans to return to India and use the money to provide medical and financial support to needy children in Kerala.
