On Tuesday morning, something that might be hard to believe happened, unless supported by credible media reports and a video. The summary is that 21 people, including a 10-year-old child and a crew of three, were on a plane whose pilot failed to lift off and take off from the runway at Houston Airport, in Waller County, Texas. When he struggled to stop it but failed, and then lost control, the aircraft veered toward a barrier, rebounded 300 meters into a nearby field, crashed, and caught fire. The incident was violent enough that no firefighter or rescue worker expected to find anyone alive among the passengers and crew as they rushed to the scene. However, they were surprised to find that none of them sustained serious injuries; they all exited the aircraft as if nothing had happened, except for two passengers who felt slight back pain, and were taken to the hospital for evaluation, as concluded by "Al Arabiya" from U.S. media reports on the incident, which the video below shows was a highly lethal type.
The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 jet, was carrying its passengers, who had rented it, to Boston for a crucial game in the American League baseball championship between the Houston Astros, competing for a spot in the finals, and their archrivals the Boston Red Sox, who were also hoping for the trophy. This was reported by local media about the owner of the plane, James Alan Kent, who was just as relieved as the passengers at their miraculous survival, which drew the attention of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as indicated by a statement issued.
Among the passengers was a Houston Astros fan named Cheryl McCaskill, who lives in a suburb of Houston. She told the local newspaper Houston Chronicle that she felt a shock accompanied by trembling when the plane settled in the field after hitting the barrier. At that exact moment, she heard a shout: "Get out.. get out," so she exited through the wreckage with others. Suddenly, the remains of the plane became fuel for the fire that consumed it all, raising a perplexing question: What is the secret behind the survival of all passengers from a deadly incident like most aviation accidents?
