<p>Thousands of employees in the tech companies in Yemalur close to the HAL Airport wall heaved a collective sigh of relief. They were relieved that the crash happened inside the wall, averting a major disaster. </p>.<div>The site of the Mirage 2000 crash is barely a few metres away from the traffic-heavy road leading to the tech park from the Old Airport road. At 10.30 a.m., when the aircraft crashed, the road was packed with peak-hour traffic. </div>.<div>The proximity of many residential areas, schools and apartments to the site also made the accident precariously close to a disaster. </div>.<div><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/mirage-2000-crash-bengaluru-716060.html"><strong>MUST SEE | Visuals: Mirage 2000 crash in Bengaluru</strong></a></div>.<div>The highly populated Marathahalli area is only three kms away from the site. So is Manjunath Layout, Yemalur village with many government and private schools. </div>.<div>Paleshwar Devangan, an employee from Landmark, a tech firm in Yemalur, said the crash was too close. He could feel the heat wave from the crash site hit him. </div>.<div>Radhamani, a resident of Manjunath Layout, was among the crowd with her two small children. "I don't know what would have happened if the plane had crashed a bit further ahead. There are hundreds of houses there," she said. </div>.<div><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/quick-thinking-duo-sacrificed-716240.html"><strong>MUST READ | Jet crash: Quick-thinking duo sacrificed lives to save thousands</strong></a></div>
<p>Thousands of employees in the tech companies in Yemalur close to the HAL Airport wall heaved a collective sigh of relief. They were relieved that the crash happened inside the wall, averting a major disaster. </p>.<div>The site of the Mirage 2000 crash is barely a few metres away from the traffic-heavy road leading to the tech park from the Old Airport road. At 10.30 a.m., when the aircraft crashed, the road was packed with peak-hour traffic. </div>.<div>The proximity of many residential areas, schools and apartments to the site also made the accident precariously close to a disaster. </div>.<div><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/mirage-2000-crash-bengaluru-716060.html"><strong>MUST SEE | Visuals: Mirage 2000 crash in Bengaluru</strong></a></div>.<div>The highly populated Marathahalli area is only three kms away from the site. So is Manjunath Layout, Yemalur village with many government and private schools. </div>.<div>Paleshwar Devangan, an employee from Landmark, a tech firm in Yemalur, said the crash was too close. He could feel the heat wave from the crash site hit him. </div>.<div>Radhamani, a resident of Manjunath Layout, was among the crowd with her two small children. "I don't know what would have happened if the plane had crashed a bit further ahead. There are hundreds of houses there," she said. </div>.<div><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/quick-thinking-duo-sacrificed-716240.html"><strong>MUST READ | Jet crash: Quick-thinking duo sacrificed lives to save thousands</strong></a></div>