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TIL in 1978 a Jumbo Jet bound for JFK airport with400 passengers lost an engine and was about to crash on a crowded Athens neighborhood, but Just 57 meters above ground the pilot managed to safely land on a mountain. Based on flight data gathered afterwards, the plane crashed in every simulation

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