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TIL the sole surviving passenger of Flight 820 crash in 1973 disobeyed instructions to remain in his seat when a fire started in the rear lavatory. The passenger ran to the forward galley and passed out on the floor. All other passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation and fire

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