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TIL A fault with the automation system on Australian Qantas Flight 72 (2008) caused the jet to violently pitch down so steeply, several passengers were thrown up from their seats and their heads smashed through ceiling panels. Some sustained long term permanent head, back, bone, and joint injuries.

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