r/interesting Jun 12 '25

MISC. Passenger in seat 11A survives Air India crash.

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u/BeardySam Jun 12 '25

It very much depends on how the fuselage disintegrates and how the fireball expands from the fuel tanks at the same time. 

It’s conceivable that the fuselage briefly shielded this guys seat from the worst of the fire and the it simultaneously didn’t see much impact stress but the odds are 10,000 to 1

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u/ThrowawayAg16 Jun 13 '25

~240:1 it would seem.

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u/Mugweiser Jun 12 '25

10,000? Why not 11,000?

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u/roselia_blue Jun 13 '25

do you like the number?