AP Spotlight The key to surviving a plane crash? Skilled crew, strong seats and wings that detach MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Feb 20, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Updated Aug 25, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After watching videos of a Delta Air Lines jet catch fire while landing and flip over on a Toronto runway, it's fair to wonder how anyone survived.kAmpG:2E:@? 6IA6CED D2:5 :E H2D ?@E DFCAC:D:?8 E92E k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^56=E2\A=2?6\7=:A\E@C@?E@\42?252\2:CA@CE\>:??62A@=:D\e5_ec334f2b33gdhd`gb5efed5e`2_66Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm2== fe A2DD6?86CD 2?5 7@FC 4C6H >6>36CD H2=<65 2H2Jk^2m 7C@> |@?52JVD 5:D2DE6C[ H:E9 a` A6@A=6 DF776C:?8 >:?@C :?;FC:6D 2?5 @?=J @?6 DE:== 9@DA:E2=:K65 (65?6D52J] xEVD 2 4C65:E[ E96J D2:5[ E@ 25G2?46D :? A=2?6 56D:8? 2D H6== 2D 2 4C6H E92E 7=2H=6DD=J 6I64FE65 2? 6G24F2E:@? 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