5 Crazy Plane Crashes You Won’t Believe Everyone Survived
| June 10, 2015
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An Accidental Biplane
Remember that part in Titanic where the ship broke in half? We hate to be the ones to tell you this, but that doesn’t just happen to poorly captained boats. An Indonesian Lion Air Boeing 737 carrying 108 passengers and crew missed the runway and crash landed in the ocean just off the island of Bali. The impact caused the jet’s fuselage to break in half like a cheap plastic toy, leaving passengers to flee in panic as water rushed into the cabin. Despite the chaos, everyone aboard the plane made it safely to shore with the help emergency rescue teams. Only 22 passengers were treated for minor injuries.
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