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This article gives a list of fatalities by nationality. One detail jumped out at me.


 Nationality 	Passengers/Crew 	  Fatalities             %
 Netherlands 	       53 	             0                   0
 Turkey 	       51 (inc. 7 crew)      5 (inc. 4 crew)    10% 
 United States 	        7 	             4                  57%
 United Kingdom 	3 	             0                   0 
 Germany 	        1 	             0                   0
 Bulgaria 	        1 	             0                   0
 Italy        	        1 	             0                   0
 Taiwan 	        1 	             0                   0
Total 	              118 	             9                   8%


Were the Americans all seated in the same section of the plane? At least three of the crew killed were in the cockpit; it would make sense if the Americans just had the misfortune of clustering in a section that, like the cockpit, sustained heavy damage.

Date: 2012-09-29 12:08 pm (UTC)
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Purely a guess, but maybe those four Americans were a family or group of friends traveling together?

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