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Survived the Crash - Died 133 Days Later, Officially a Survivor
Survived the Crash - Died 133 Days Later, Officially a Survivor
Fear and bureaucratic indifference collide in a case where a man pulled alive from a jetliner wreckage lived 133 days after the crash yet was still officially counted as a survivor - a rule written into federal law. How did an experienced crew, a well-maintained DC‑9 and an approach designed for the weather end with the aircraft striking a seawall 3,000 feet short of the runway?
In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events on July 31, 1973, from the flight crew and aircraft history to the air traffic controller’s…
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