FACTS ABOUT CRASHES YOU MIGHT FIND HARD TO BELIEVE
Added on: 9th Jul 2016
IN 2010, A SMALL PLANE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO CRASHED BECAUSE
THERE WAS A CROCODILE ON BOARD. ONE OF THE
PASSENGERS HAD HIDDEN THE CROCODILE ON
BOARD IN HOPES OF SMUGGLING IT AND SELLING IT.
WHEN IT GOT FREE, IT CAUSED A STAMPEDE IN THE
CABIN THAT PUT THE PLANE OFF BALANCE AND
CAUSED IT TO CRASH
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR A DRIVER TO BE
INVOLVED IN A CRASH IS ON THE WEEKEND
BETWEEN 12 AM AND 3 AM
BEGUN IN 1952, THE AUTOMOTIVE CRASH INJURY
RESEARCH CENTRE INITIALLY STARTED DOING
ITS CRASH TESTS WITH CORPSES INSTEAD OF DUMMIES
IN 1954, ERNEST HEMINGWAY SURVIVED A PLANE
CRASH…AND THEN SURVIVED ANOTHER ONE THE NEXT DAY
IN 1996, HIJACKERS TOOK OVER ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
FLIGHT 961 TO NAIROBI FROM ADDIS ABABA.
THEY WANTED TO SEEK REFUGE IN AUSTRALIA
AND TOLD THE PILOT TO FLY THERE ALTHOUGH
HE SAID THEY WOULDN'T MAKE IT. AFTER RUNNING
OUT OF FUEL THE PLANE CRASHED IN THE WATER.
ALTHOUGH THE PILOT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB
CONTROLLING THE DESCENT, NUMEROUS
PASSENGERS DIED ONLY BECAUSE THEY
INFLATED THEIR LIFE VESTS TOO SOON AND
THEN COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE AIRPLANE
THE INITIAL SCRIPT FOR ANCHOR-MAN INVOLVED
A BUNCH OF NEWS REPORTERS WHO CRASHED
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN DISCOVERED THE
PLANE THEY CRASHED IN HELD TWO THINGS,
MONKEYS AND MARTIAL ARTS EQUIPMENT.
THE REST OF THE STORY WAS A BATTLE OF
SURVIVAL AND YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS
WHY THE SCRIPT CHANGED
POPULAR MECHANICS DID A STUDY ON EVERY
COMMERCIAL PLANE CRASH SINCE 1971 AND FOUND
THAT THE FARTHER BACK YOU SIT, THE BETTER
YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL IN A CRASH. WHILE
THE SURVIVAL RATE FOR BUSINESS CLASS
PASSENGERS WAS 49%, THE SURVIVAL RATE
FOR THOSE IN THE BACK WAS 69%
THE MAJORITY OF ACCIDENTS TAKE PLACE
WITHIN 3 MILES OF THE DRIVER'S HOME
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