UAE resident presumed dead in plane crash resurfaces after 45 years in India 6 hours ago Gulf Today Report Dead men tell no tales, goes the age-old saying. However, some who may have been mistakenly thought to have died surface with interesting tales to narrate. In a rare twist of developments, a man from Kerala, Sajjad Thangal, who was given up for dead will soon be reunited with his family after 45 years. Thangal had stopped communicating with his family in Kollam district after he narrowly escaped a plane crash in Mumbai on October 12, 1976, which killed 95 people. A report in the Times of India said Thangal used to organise Indian cultural events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the 70s.