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How to Survive a Plane Crash: Luck
The sole survivor of today’s plane crash in Libya, which killed 103, narrowly escaped thanks to freakish luck. Aviation expert Clive Irving on recent crashes.
Clive Irving
Published
May 12 2010
7:02AM EDT
A frame grab shows a Dutch boy, the lone survivor of the Afriqiyah airline flight 8U771 crash at Tripoli airport, being treated in a hospital in Tripoli May 12, 2010.
Clive Irving
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