Orlando Campos

Campos was the mainstay of the famous Ruia team that dominated the Indian bridge scene from 1958 through the late seventies.

For a long time he held the record for the highest number of masterpoints in India.

[1] Besides playing bridge, Campos also used to direct the game where he is fondly remembered for his ability to do matchpoint scores in "double-fast time."

One of the funny memories of him is his tendency to relapse into, "Sorry, my fault – I am a palooka, you are expert," whenever he got riled by his partner.

Ultimately the hijackers were attacked by commandos, but at age 70+, Ollie was reportedly one of the first passengers to have escaped down the emergency chute.