Two Air Hostesses who are no more.

29.05.10 : Their names begin with an ‘S’ (Yes!) and T (Tea) they were young, youthful and served Air India. They were not sisters, but were air hostesses on the scene Dubai- Mangalore flight Sujatha and Tejal died on the plane when it caught fire on May 22. They served 158 passengers, with a smile, yes, and Teas, till the end.

1.Tejal: 25- year old Tejal completed her training after an a academic degree and worked for Air India on flights abroad for only3 months. She was smart and attractive, and she died inside the plane on fire, on a black Saturday. She was a Marathi girl. She lived in Dombivli In Mumbai, on May 5, she celebrated her birthday at home. He liked Hindi films and Indian food, she wrote on web to express her feelings. Her another Bharthi does not know of her demise. Her father Kamulkar, a private employee, is in Mangalore to claim Tejal’s body now, Tejal K will not serve Tea again.

2.Sujatha: she had a home sickness and was unable to spend time with her close relatives and so contemplated a resignation. But Fate intervened to take her away from Air India and her elders.

Sujatha’s S stands for service, which she did for years. Her family was in Andheri, Mumbai. As an air hostess and a Marathi girl, she had endeared herself to her friends. She was present on May 1 at her brother’s birthday at home. She would have joined a call centre (night duty)  for better income, but that was not to be. The only daughter in a family of 2 elder and one younger brother, she was well looked after till she joined duty and her marriage was possible. The air crash created heart-burning moments to the parents who have left for Mangalore since, to identify and claim her body now. While Tejal was a B’com, Sujatha wasn a B’A in Philosophy, a Buddhist at heart and hated farewells. She had a premonition of death, to bid goodbye to her dreams, as per  her blogs on internet. She liked Mangalore and got transferred from Kochi where she had earlier worked for Air India a 3 years ‘slint, after a 2years’ work at a call center in Mumbai. She was friendly and neighbours feel her loss now.