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Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash—Asterisk

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The United States leads the world in airline safety. That’s because of the way we assign blame when accidents do happen. What is the worst imaginable consequence of making a mistake? For some, it might be this: “I really thought I was going to die,” said USAir passenger Laurel Bravo, speaking to the Associated Press. “The row ahead of us just disappeared. The seats all went flying downward…” For the 89 passengers and crew aboard USAir flight 1493, it had been an unremarkable flight from takeoff in Columbus, Ohio, to touchdown at Los Angeles International Airport. That evening, the first of February 1991, the weather was perfectly clear, the Boeing 737 had a clean sheet with no mechanical faults, and with the runway in sight from 25 miles out, the approach was uneventful. Flying the plane from the right seat, First Officer David Kelly pulled the nose up to ease the touchdown and greased it onto runway 24 Left. He then brought the nose back down, smooth and steady. And then, without time

Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash—Asterisk The United States leads the world in airline safety. That’s because of the way we assign blame when accidents do happen. What is the worst imaginable consequence of making a mistake? For some, it might be this: “I really thought I was going to die,” said USAir passenger Laurel Bravo, speaking to the Associated Press. “The row ahead of us just disappeared. The seats all went flying downward…” Illustrations: Mike McQuade For the 89 passengers and crew aboard USAir flight 1493, it had been an unremarkable flight from takeoff in Columbus, Ohio, to to

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