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>When planes crash, they often hit people on the ground

Do they? Other than 9/11, I'm personally unaware of this ever happening. 20 seconds searching says there was an airplane that crashed into a DC bridge in the 80's killing 4 motorists, and a couple of similar incidents, but it seems rare.



Lockerbie in Scotland is one quite well known instance:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103

11 residents killed by falling debris.


It happens. PSA 182 for example killed everybody on board plus seven people on the ground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Southwest_Airlines_Fli...


Now, I just wonder if it might be rare because plane crashes themselves are rare?


American 587, a month after 9/11, killed five people on the ground.




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