From midair collisions, to onboard fires, and a fatigued fuselage that turned a plane into a high-altitude convertible, these 13 famous airplane crashes triggered major technological advances in flight safety that keep air travel routine today. ✅ More from Popular Mechanics: → The 30 Most ...
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Plane Hits Truck On February 4, 1976, a large earthquake struck 160 km (99.5 miles) northeast of Guatemala City, Guatemala. The area suffered extreme damage and most adobe type houses near Guatemala City were completely destroyed. The earthquake hit during the early morning (3:01 am), which ...
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"Now it's all fantasy, fantasy, fantasy, including all the war pictures: fantasy, fantasy. Even the Fast and Furious movies, which I used to enjoy, have become like Marvel movies. I mean, how many crashes can you see? On the plane I watched John Wick, which is three hours and some...
in the 1930's when he wasn't writing, he was of on big adventures: hunting in Africa, fighting bulls or deep sea fishing. During World War II he was a correspondent and at many important parts of the war. Through his adventures he had many injuries and even survived plane crashes. ...
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The Wild Story:Despite the commonality of flying phobias, you're far more likely to experiencea car crash than a plane crash. Naturally, that makes plane crashes kind of a big and well-documented deal.Paula Abdul claimedshe lived through a plane crash in 1992 while she was on her “Under...
Scholl's last words over the radio were "I have a problem — I have a real problem", after which the plane impacted the ocean about five miles off the coast, near Carlsbad, California. The exact cause of the crash was never determined. Neither the aircraft nor Scholl's body were ever...
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