Bollywood entertainer Jeetendra was one of the top stars of his time and the entertainer would as often as possible show up in south movies also. In a considerable lot of his meetings, the entertainer has shared that occasionally, he would live in the south for quite a long time really long time and his significant other Shobha would bring kids Ekta Kapoor and Tusshar Kapoor to meet him during the ends of the week. In 1976, Jeetendra should leave on one of his booked outings to Chennai yet his better half halted him.
During his appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show, Jeetendra reviewed the occurrence when he was saved from the 1976 Indian Airlines flight crash where 96 individuals kicked the bucket. Jeetendra said that his flight was booked for 7 pm yet when he arrived at the air terminal, he observed that the flight was deferred by two hours. The day likewise turned out to be Karva Chauth so he believed that he could return home and help his significant other in finishing the custom of the fast.He reviewed, “Maine phir Shobha ko ghar pe telephone kiya. Maine kaha flight postponed hai, abhi jaa rahi hai 8.30-9 baje. Chand nikal raha hai ki nahi nikal raha hai dekh lo, khatam kar lete hai kissa (I called Shobha and told her that my flight was postponed by two hours. I told her I could be home for the moonrise so she could finish the Karwa Chauth ritual).”Jeetendra arrived at home however his better half was all the while sitting tight for the moonrise so she wouldn’t allow him to leave for the air terminal once more. Jeetendra reviewed that he went into his overhang and saw a wad of fire head towards the ground. “Simple overhang se dekhta hoon ek aag ka gola aise jaa raha hai (From my gallery, I could see a wad of fire overhead). It went towards the air terminal and… ,” he said.The Himmatwala entertainer reviewed that a couple of hours after the fact, his telephone was ringing free as each and every individual who knew was calling to beware of him. “My ticket is there, I should go, that flight crashed,” he said. The Indian Airlines Flight 171 headed from Mumbai to Chennai pivoted towards the air terminal not long after taking off, and the resulting plane accident had 96 fatalities. One of Jeetendra’s co-stars Rani Chandra passed on in the plane accident.