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96% survive US air crashes

Although more than 2,000 people died in US commercial aircraft crashes over the last 18 years, 96% of the estimated 53,000 passengers and crew involved survived. Based on the full range of accidents, survival was halved in the more serious accidents, especially those including fire.

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