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Jun 2025
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The Air India crash and the miracle of s...

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Aviation journalist Jeff Wise on the crash of flight AI171, in which at least 270 people died, and how one passenger in seat 11A managed to survive. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a> 
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