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Survivor and hero speaks out

Published: 6 December, 2007, 17:43
Edited: 6 December, 2007, 17:43


In July 2006, a Russian plane skidded off the runway after landing in Irkutsk. It crashed through a building and burst into flames. Of the 203 people on board 124 died. The death toll could have been higher, but for a flight attendant, who saved at least

How did a 22-year-old girl manage to guide panic-stricken passengers through smoke and fire to an emergency hatch? How did she feel while waiting for them to escape from the plane, which was about to explode? Does she believe she's the hero the media have discribed her as?

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