We interview Wg. Cdr. PK Raveendran, a Flight Engineer on board the ill-fated TU-124 "Pushpaka" which crashed in Jorhat with the Prime Minister on Board. In addition to the crash, he talks of his career as a Flight Engineer on Packets, becoming a Flight Test Engineer in France, and more.  Wg. Cdr. Raveendran's profile can be found here: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/12821 His account of the Pushpaka crash is here: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1970s/1364-jorhat-crash.html#gsc.tab=0 An article on Klopfstein he wrote for the Society of Flight Test Engineers, India Chapter, is here: https://www.sfte-india.in/a-tribute-to-a-maverick-flight-test-engineer-test-pilot-and-professor-of-aeronautics-all-rolled-into-one-monsieur-gilbert-klopfstein/ Wg. Cdr. Raveendran played a critical role in the Flight Testing for the LCA, and his interview on those experiences will appear as part of the series on the LCA, in January.