Dubai: The manager of the Lulu Hypermarket in Al Qusais has thanked his superior for the extra workload that saved his life.

Kunhikannan Chandu, 51 was due to fly to Mangalore on Flight IX892 but his manager told him he had to postpone his trip due to urgent work commitments.

He told Gulf News: “I had booked my ticket to fly to Mangalore on Saturday morning. I was going to help my son with his admission to engineering college.

"However, I was told by my manager that I could not go because there was too much important work to get through. I postponed my flight to Saturday evening and then I woke up to this terrible news.”

“God has blessed me and my family; he intervened to save my life. I feel really shaken but I told my general manager this morning that he had saved my life.”