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Hrithik Roshan narrowly escapes Istanbul airport bombing

The actor was heading back to India with his kids via Atatürk Airport

Updated 30 Jun, 2016

The bombing at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport last night sent a tremor of fear down everyone's spine including Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan.

The actor was en route to India via Istanbul, after vacationing in Spain with his two sons, and narrowly missed the triple bombing by a mere few hours after taking the earliest flight out.

As soon as news of the bombings broke, he tweeted his narrow escape.

He praised the airport staff for helping him throughout and condemned terrorism, asking everyone to stand against it.

The triple bombing took place in the late hours of Tuesday night and have left almost 36 dead and 150 injured. Atatürk Airport is the third busiest airport in Europe and this is the deadliest of four attacks to rock Turkey's biggest city this year.

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Dija Jun 29, 2016 11:23am

I saw his comment kind of a show off thing by stressing that he took "economy" class and flew out....must grow up Sir and leave such an upstartish approach.....

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Sunil Jun 29, 2016 12:02pm

Must be thanking God.

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GA Jun 29, 2016 12:32pm

Wow. He took 'economy' class out on an earlier flight.

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rahul1 Jun 29, 2016 12:50pm

Declining Film career makes him seek attention from any corner

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lafanga Jun 29, 2016 01:10pm

"missed connecting flight at Istanbul n wer stuck at airport next flight ws next day,but took economy n flew out earlier" He missed it by hours but being a typical celebrity he is trying to make it look like he escaped a war zone and that too travelling in economy. OMG ... he must be traumatized.

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Jay Jun 29, 2016 01:13pm

I thank our God for saving him.

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butserioslyok Jun 29, 2016 01:27pm

Never miss an opportunity for publicity, even if it distracts from tragedy of others. Million of other passengers were within few hours from or to the same airport ....so what is the big deal here.

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Fowzul Aleem Farook Jun 29, 2016 02:25pm

Peace loving people of the world whatever the religion they follow we condemned this type of suicidal acts killing the innocent people. The terrorist have no religion and no language and their only language is creating mayhem and shedding the blood of the innocents.

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JB Jun 29, 2016 02:25pm

He took economy seat?? Simply he's basically telling her always take first class or business seats, economy was his need.

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Soil of talents Jun 29, 2016 02:40pm

Thanks God you and your kids got saved.

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Aafaaq Ali Khan Jun 29, 2016 03:17pm

Connecting flight to next world merely missed, sooner or later we all have to go.

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ali Jun 29, 2016 04:25pm

OMG.travelling in economy class must have taken a toll on you sir.please we are eager to know more of your troubling experience.

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Zaidi Jun 29, 2016 07:01pm

Sympathy for the families who lost a loved one in this horrible criminal attack. Don't give a money about the stupid publicity seeking film performer.

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vijay Jun 29, 2016 07:05pm

Looks like he was more distressed to have taken the "economy class" than escaping the bombing. Good for his fans who travel in economy.

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babar Jun 29, 2016 07:31pm

Hrithik Roshan should travel in economy class from now as it saved his life !!!!

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AbbasToronto Jun 29, 2016 10:33pm

Turks are reaping what they sowed. First they allied themselves with Daesh. Then they indicated they are against it. Love gone bad always ends up in tears and tragedy.

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muhibbewatan Jun 30, 2016 12:07am

If he missed his connecting flight he would have taken the flight next day...............so where does this no notion of a "narrow escape" come in? What a way to gain publicity! Ridiculous, Mr. Roshan. Please refrain from using the sympathy card here. He, along with his kids, was apparently returning to India and would have been in transit anyway. So, the possibility of him being at the point of the horrible incident seems out of question by any standards. This just seems like a publicity stunt.

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Observer Jun 30, 2016 09:30am

Sir if you are so status conscious, fly emirates next time.

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