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Top 10 Lone Survivors of Plane Crashes
On November 17, 2013, fifty people died as a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed-landed in the city of Kazan in central Russia on Sunday. Authorities are investigating the causes of the tragedy.
The tragedy touched the lives of many, including Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, who lost his 23-year-old son, Irek Minnikhanov, in this tragic crash. Irek got married just a few months ago to a French woman, Antonia, whom he met in college in Switzerland. Antonia was to accompany her husband on the flight to Kazan. Fortunately, Irek didn’t take his wife, 8-months pregnant with their first child, citing that it was not a good idea.
Another heartbreaking story. Mstislav Kamashev, a young prodigy and graduate of Kazan’s prestigious Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. By age 4, he was able to count to 100 in English, and was able to speak a 1,000 English words. He entered university when he was 13 and instantly became a Russian celebrity. Several months ago the Kamashev got married. On the eve of the trip, his wife told him that she was pregnant. The couple was expecting their first child.
Husband and wife, Aleksandr Yankilajkis and Elena Kuznetsova, from Udmurtia, were also among the passengers onboard the Boeing 737 that were killed. Their only son has lost both parents in the tragedy. They were just two of many young parents who lost their lives in this crash.
“We will not land” were the last words the chief pilot told a traffic controller at the Kazan airport. The airplane tried to land twice before it crashed and exploded vertically.
Unfortunately, this is not the only plane crash that our world has endured. It might just sound rude to say that in the wake of a tragedy, but I believe that all accidents are preventable. Each one should teach us about improving our technology and our standards to ensure such a catastrophe does not happy again.
The focus of this article is on the lone survivors of plane crashes. There is really nothing to feel so excited about. But there are certain things that make me proud of these people that they did not lose hope or the courage when there was some serious risk posed to their lives. I can only imagine the guilt, the trauma, the survivor guilt syndrome they feel after being involved in such a horrific accident.
Here is a list of the top 10 people who have been the lone survivors of a plane crash.
10. Juan Loo
Juan Loo survived a plane crash on August 9, 1970. The plane was heading off to Lima from Cusco and was carrying students who were a part of the student exchange program initiated by the government of the Unite States of America. The plane was carrying 92 passengers and 8 members of the crew and none survived when it crashed into the hilly regions underneath except for Juan Loo. He was the co – pilot and was found burnt but still alive in the cockpit. The Peruvian government investigated the incident, and concluded that the probable cause of the accident was the improper execution of engine-out procedures by the flight crew.
9. Ruben Van Assouw
On May 12, 2010 the Airbus A330-202 passenger plane, operated by Afriqiyah Airways, left Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), South Africa en route to Tripoli, Libya. There were 11 crew members and 93 passengers on board. The en route part of the flight was uneventful. The captain made contact with the Tripoli ACC controller just after 5pm and received clearance direct to Tripoli for a TW locator.
The flight then received information from another flight that had landed before them, telling the on-board crew of Afriqiyah Airways about fog patches noticed during short final. The aircraft crashed about 900 metres (980 yd) short of Runway 09 and came to rest within the perimeter of the airfield. The sole survivor was a boy travelling on a Dutch passport, who was found in the debris, Ruben Van Assouw.
The runway did not have any ILS.
8. Neil James Campbell
On 22nd of July in the year 1973, a PANAM flight numbered at 816 took off from the city of Auckland to reach Los Angeles. The Boeing 707 started to descend the moment when it reached the maximum altitude of 300feet and crashed into the sea. Only Neil James Campbell survived who was a Canadian citizen. Many the bodies of other passengers were never found. No conclusive cause was determined.
7. Alexander Sizov
The sole survivor of the Russian Yak-42 plane plane crash in September, 2011t hat wiped out a Russian hockey team — including several former NHL veterans . Many of the passengers knew they were doomed from takeoff. Witnesses say the fuselage broke apart as the plane crash-landed into a nearby river after clipping a navigation beacon.
6. Isaac Allal
This 12 year boy was the only survivor in the plane that crashed in 20th Of November, 1949 when it was flying to the Fornebu Airport of Norway. The flight had around 30 passengers, 26 of them were Jewish. The plane had 5 crew members. All died except for little Isaac Allal. His two brothers and 1 sister were among the dead. All victims were being flown from Tunisia to Norway for 6 months rest and rehabilitation.
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