A Thai singer has told how he survived a plane crash in 1998 that killed 101 passengers by sitting in the same seat as the sole survivor's of yesterday's Air India disaster.

The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off in western India.

A Thai singer has told how he survived a plane crash in 1998 that killed 101 passengers by sitting in the same seat as the sole survivor's of yesterday's Air India disaster.