How airplane disasters actually work, according to a former Qantas pilot

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Captain Richard de Crespigny is the Qantas pilot who safely landed Qantas Flight 32 on November 4, 2010, after one of its engines exploded shortly after takeoff, tearing through vital systems and leaving hundreds of lives in his hands.

45 secrets you never knew about the Titanic

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titanic at sea
The Titanic at sea.

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Rural North Carolinians are key for Trump's election chances in the swing state. Hurricane Helene upended their lives.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina on September 25.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina on September 25.

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FEMA was strapped for cash even before America's hurricane double whammy

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Debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina piled up in local waterways after Hurricane Helene on September 28.
Debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina piled up in local waterways after Hurricane Helene struck the region on September 28.

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Free Uber Rides Available to Floridians Evacuating to Hurricane Milton Shelters

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Evacuating from the likely path of Hurricane Milton, Rex and Ruby Thacher bring their dogs Lulu and Zoey to the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando on Monday, Oct.

The New York lawyer who died in the Bayesian yacht sinking wrote a LinkedIn post months before the tragedy that ended with 'they all lived happily ever after'

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Rescue teams sailing near Palermo, searching for the last missing person from the sunken luxury yacht Bayesian.
Rescue teams sailing near Palermo, searching for the last missing person from the sunken luxury yacht Bayesian.

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The container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge has crashed before

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A large container ship crashed into a Maryland bridge near one of the largest ports on the US East Coast. Two people have been rescued amid an ongoing search for survivors.

Massive Texas fire burns out of control, razing half a million acres of land

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A massive fire in Texas has burned more than half a million acres of land. The Smokehouse House Creek Fire is the second-largest fire in the state's history, prompting evacuation orders in counties there and in Oklahoma.

They're getting ready for the downfall of America. Just don't call them preppers.

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Residents of Riverbed Ranch are building their own small town from scratch. The goal? Survive if America collapses.

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The time a British Airways pilot was sucked out of an airplane mid-flight — and lived

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British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster, center, recovering from his ordeal in a Southampton hospital, June 11, 1990, flanked by two of his aircrafts stewards, Simon Rogers, left, and Nigel Ogden.
British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster, center, recovering from his ordeal in a Southampton hospital on June 11, 1990, flanked by the two stewards who helped save him.

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