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Old 18th Aug 2019, 09:13
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Originally Posted by Lord Farringdon
Air Niugini Flight 73. September 28, 2018. B737. 47 crew and pax. Aircraft 'landed' short of the runway in to a lagoon. All survived crash but one person was later presumed to have drowned during evacuation.
Not to nitpick, but citing from the accident report:

"There was no evidence of drowning and the Pathologists concluded that the passenger would have been
severely concussed and died within the first 3 minutes of receiving the traumatic head injuries."
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