EK521 survivor who won $1m receives winning cheque, buys another ticket

  DUBAI - The passenger who survived the recent plane accident at Dubai airport has officially received the ceremonial cheque of $1 million as his winnings from the Dubai Duty Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire raffle. India national Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar received it on Tuesday (August 23) in a ceremonial turnover with Colm McLoughlin, executive vice-chairman and CEO of DDF, Salah Tahlak, executive vice-president, Nic Bruwer, executive vice-president, and Sinead El Sibai, vice-president- Marketing. Khadar, who was on board Emirates flight EK 521 which was involved in an accident after landing on August 3, said: “I’ve been waiting for this day since I purchased my first Millennium Millionaire ticket some years ago. It is an amazing feeling to become a dollar millionaire and it’s definitely worth the wait!” The 62-year-old Khadar again purchased his 18th ticket when he visited the DDF on Tuesday hoping that he might get luckier again or not. Khadar's 17th ticket brought him the winnings as his ticket number 0845 was drawn. He is DDF's 222nd lucky dollar millionaire. The prize money will be deposited to his bank account within one or two weeks. Meanwhile, DDF also made a raffle draw with a 48-year-old American Michael Beck as the latest DDF Millennium Millionaire while Dhatchanamoorthy Marimuthu, an Indian living in Dubai, won a Ducati Hypermotard in the Finest Surprise draw.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