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Pilot, passenger recount plane crash at sea: "We didn't know if we were going to make it to shore"
Ten passengers survived a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean this week, thanks to the actions of its pilot. That pilot and one of his passengers spoke with Cristian Benavides.
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Ten passengers survived a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean this week, thanks to the actions of its pilot. That pilot and one of his passengers spoke with Cristian Benavides.
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According to CBS News’s report, Pilot, passenger recount plane crash at sea: “We didn’t know if we were going to make it to shore”, Ten passengers survived a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean this week, thanks to the actions of its pilot. That pilot and one of his passengers spoke with Cristian Benavides.
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