amanoffewwords
"remain alive after going through, or continue to exist in spite (a danger, accident etc)"
Sounds appropriate to me
Not to me...
Accident: Has a definition - this wasn't one.
Danger: Again, not here, I think, with 20/20 hindsight. There was smoke, a vibrating engine. The aircraft in the pictures seems 100% intact, and I do not believe damaged (apart form the initial cause of the vibration / smoke).
Whilst I think the oringal poster made the remark somewhat in jest, your trying to justify it is OTT
NoD