Ratan Tata, President Emeritus of Tata Sons, is set to star in the next episode of Season 2 of National Geographic’s Mega Icons. In a promotional clip for the episode, which will air on September 27, the industrialist details a heartbreaking incident that he as a young man.
Ratan Tata recalls an incident in which an engine of the light aircraft he was piloting failed.
He was on a “ride” with three consenting passengers. And then the engine went kaput.
“First the plane shook like hell, and then the engine quit,” Ratan Tata recalls. He adds, “The propeller stopped turning. You had to focus on how to get down. But my passengers were very quiet. Nobody said a word till we got down.”
He concludes, “Losing an engine in a light plane is not an issue that the plane will crash. It also depends on how high you are, gliding time and whether you can pick a place to land.”
Despite what was happening, Ratan Tata remained calm and did not let his fear overpower him. “You couldn’t get excited. “No engine! No engine!” Tata says while laughing.
