TAM Airlines operates in
Brazil. The company is currently the largest Brazilian airline by market share
and fleet size. Just as the Transport
corporation buses have Nos.. eg., 21H runs on OMR passing Karapakkam …. it
originates at Broadway and winds its way
through Kamarajar Salai; LB Road; OMR for Kelambakkam with scheduled
time of 85 minutes for the 21 stops in between
… akin to route No. in MTC and IMO in Ships, there is IATA codes. The International Air Transport Association
(IATA) is the trade association for the world’s airlines. It represents some
240 airlines or more than 84% of total air traffic. IATA airline designators are used to identify
an airline for commercial purposes in reservations, timetables, tickets,
tariffs, air waybills and in telecommunications.
The term clairvoyance (from
French clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning
"vision") refers to the ability to gain information about an
object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known
senses, i.e., a form of extrasensory perception. Premonition is the feeling or belief that something is going to
happen when there is no definite reason to believe it will.. then there is ESP
(Extrasensory perception) that involves
reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but
sensed with the mind. Foretelling the future is a complicated subject !
Nooravathu Naal (Hundredth Day) directed by Manivannan starring Mohan,
Vijayakant, Nalini and Sathyaraj was released in 1984 ….the suspense thriller
was of a psychopath who abducts young women and kills them. In the film, they will see a weekly magazine
with a cover photo of horse (much before the release of the magazine) and
sooner the same will hit the stands ….more
such premonitions would follow ……… including killings.. In the 1990s, Malayalam films of Mammootty,
Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi had good run in Chennai, especially in Saffire
theatre… ‘Iyer the Great; was one such psychological thriller directed by
Bhadran, starring Mammootty & Geetha.
The storyline was on ‘ESP’…..it was about Vaikundam Surya Narayana Iyer
(Mammootty), a normal business executive who on a day climbing a tall tree in
order to capture an escaped pet parrot, undergoes acrophobia (fear of heights)
and suddenly acquires the power of
clairvoyance. A couple of days later, he foresees a train accident with exact
train number, and time of incident and warns the railway authorities. A couple
of days later, Iyer foresees a terrible airplane accident and informs the
authorities about a future bombing at a flight in Delhi.
Ever wondered
what will happen in real life, if somebody claims to have such power and
forewarns about an accident, providing details including the area and the flight
number – simple change the flight number ! – stumped by the answer – read this
report that appeared on MailOnline on 24th Nov 2014.
TAM airlines left nothing
to chance for a Sao Paulo flight to Brasilia following the warning from
renowned psychic Jucelino Nobrega da Luz. The man who claims he predicted the
deaths of both Princess Diana and Brazilian racing hero Ayrton Senna, claimed
TAM flight JJ3720 would develop engine trouble and crash on Sao Paulo’s main
Paulista Avenue. He claimed he also correctly
predicted the death of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos. However, his
predictions that a cure for AIDS would be discovered in 2008 and the outcome of
Brazil's 2006 elections did not come true.
Superstition over flight
numbers is nothing new. Airlines don't ever schedule a flight 13 and many
airlines opt not to have a row 13 on board their planes. Other numbers avoided
include flight 911 and 666. Airlines also retire the flight numbers of jets
that have crashed, with US Airways ditching flight 1549 following the 2009
crash which saw hero pilot safely land the plane in the Hudson River, as did
Malaysian Airlines MH 370.
Brazilian authorities were
concerned over the prediction. In light of the 'indispensable information', TAM
changed the flight code to JJ4732, stating that passengers security was
paramount at all times. Jucelino Nóbrega da Luz, 51, is considered the
clairvoyant with greater credibility in Brazil.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
25th Nov. 2014.
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