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'{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} This '''list of sole survivors of airline accidents''' includes sole survivors of airline incidents that are associated with ten or more fatalities. The term {{em|sole survivor}} for the purpose of this list is a person who survived an aircraft incident in which all other people on board the aircraft died as a direct result of the incident. This list does not include initial sole survivors who later died due to injuries sustained during the airline incident. ==Notable examples== [[File:Piedmont flight 349 wreckage.jpg|300px|alt=wreckage in the forest|thumb|33-year-old Phil Bradley was the sole survivor in the 1959 crash of the [[Piedmont Airlines Flight 349]] near [[Crozet, Virginia]].]] The earliest known sole survivor is Linda McDonald. On 5 September 1936, she survived a Skyways sightseeing plane crash that killed 10 other people, including her boyfriend.<ref name="Pittsburgh.McDonal" /> The youngest sole survivor is Chanayuth Nim-anong who on 3 September 1997, survived a crash when he was just 14 months old. He was the sole survivor of [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 815]], which had 65 deaths in total. The oldest sole survivor is Alexander Sizov, who survived a crash at 52 years old. He was the sole survivor (and a crew member) of the [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash]], which crashed on 7 September 2011, with 44 fatalities. Another sole survivor is a former Serbian [[flight attendant]], [[Vesna Vulović]]. According to the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' she holds the record for surviving the [[Free-fall#Surviving falls|highest fall without a parachute]] at {{Convert|10160|m|ft}} from [[JAT Flight 367]]. There was some controversy in 2009 when it was reported that her story might have been [[communist propaganda]], but black box data strongly supported the official story.<ref>{{cite web|title=Souhrnná zpráva Státní letecké inspekce o šetření příčin letecké nehody (NA, ÚCL, karton 84, sg. 2/1972)|url=http://www.nacr.cz/C-fondy/znasichfondu_II.aspx|website=www.nacr.cz/|publisher=Národní archiv|accessdate=22 February 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ScoL7m1g?url=http://www.nacr.cz/C-fondy/znasichfondu_II.aspx|archivedate=16 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> One of the more controversial lone survivors was Huang Yu ({{zh|t=黃裕}}, [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: ''Huáng Yù''), who tried to hijack the [[Cathay Pacific]] aircraft ''[[Miss Macao]]'' in 1948 but ended up crashing the plane killing the other 25 people on board.<ref name="time.com.Yu"/> The deadliest aviation disaster to have a sole survivor involved the [[All Nippon Airways Flight 58|collision]] between a [[Japan Air Self-Defense Force]] [[North American F-86 Sabre]] and a [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-200]] over [[Shizukuishi, Iwate]], Japan on 30 July 1971. The crash killed all 162 on board the Boeing 727, with the sole survivor being the pilot of the F-86 Sabre, a 22-year-old man named Yoshimi Ichikawa.<ref name="Flight 58">{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710730-1 |title=ASN Accident Description (All Nippon Airways-58) |date=30 July 1971 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref> The deadliest aviation accident involving a single aircraft which had a sole survivor was [[Northwest Airlines Flight 255]], which crashed in [[Romulus, Michigan]] on 16 August 1987, killing 154 out of the 155 people on board the aircraft, as well as two people on the ground. The sole survivor of the crash was a 4-year-old girl named Cecelia Cichan, who was seriously injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/06/11/sole-survivor-of-metro-airport-crash-breaks-her-silence/|title=Sole Survivor Of Metro Airport Crash Breaks Her Silence|date=2012-06-11|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en}}</ref> '''Ben S. Cauley, Jr.''' (October 3, 1947 – September 21, 2015) was an American [[trumpet]] player, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the [[Stax Records|Stax recording]] group, [[The Bar-Kays]]. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that claimed the lives of [[Soul music|soul]] singer [[Otis Redding]] and four members of the Bar-Kays. ==List== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name of sole survivor !! style="text-align:center;"| Age on date of accident !! style="text-align:center;"| Passenger or Crew ! Operator ! Flight / information ! scope="col" style="width: 108px;" | Date ! No. of fatalities !! style="width:5%;" class="unsortable"|Sources |- | Linda McDonald | 17 | {{abbr|P|passenger}} | Skyways | Skyways sightseeing plane disaster | {{sort|1936-09-05|5 September 1936}} | 10 |<ref name="Pittsburgh.McDonal">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Sole crash survivor believes safety belt saved her life|first= Linda |last=McDonald|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wSUbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=30sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4930,4681325&dq=linda-mcdonald+sole-survivor |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press|The Pittsburgh Press]] |publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=7 September 1936 |page=Cover |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |trans-title=<!--translated title if foreign paper --> |quote= }}</ref> |- | Clarence Bates | 41 | {{abbr|C|crew}} | [[Northwest Airlines]] | [[Northwest Airlines#Fatal accidents|Northwest Airlines Flight 5]] | {{sort|1941-10-30|30 October 1941}} | 14 |<ref name="Times.Bates">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Pilot tells story of airliner crash|first= |last=AP|authorlink=Associated Press|author2= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/04/archives/pilot-tells-story-of-airliner-crash-bates-sole-survivor-of.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=4 November 1941|page=5|at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Bates">{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33026017/clarence-frederick-bates|title=Clarence Frederick Bates|authors=|date=|website=|publisher=|language=|trans-title=|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> |- | Lt Andrew Jack | 24 | C | [[Royal Air Force]] | RAF [[Short Sunderland]] flying boat crash killing [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]], at [[August 1942 Dunbeath Air Crash]] | {{sort|1942-08-25|25 August 1942}} | 15 |<ref name="Palm.Beach.Post.Jack">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Survivor of crash killing duke found|first= |last=AP|authorlink=Associated Press|author2= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_3gyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=47YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5428,6054079&dq=andrew-jack|newspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=27 August 1942|page=Cover|at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref> |- | John Alfred Howard | 26 | P | [[Pan American-Grace Airways]] | Flight 9 | {{sort|1943-01-22|22 January 1943}} | 14 |<ref name="NYTimes.Howard">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= 6 Americans victim of Air Crash in Peru |first= |last=|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/27/archives/6-americans-victims-of-air-crash-in-peru-airways-confirms-that.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=27 January 1943|page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref> |- | Foye Kenneth Roberts | 22 | P | [[United States Army Air Forces|U.S. Army Air Forces]] | [[Bakers Creek air crash]] | {{sort|1943-06-14|14 June 1943}} | 40 |<ref name="US Congress p. 14892">{{harvnb|US Congress|2003|p=14892}}</ref> |- | [[Eduard Prchal]] | 32 | C | [[RAF]] | [[1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash|Gibraltar B-24 crash]] | {{sort|1943-07-04|4 July 1943}} | 10 | |- | Peter Link | {{sort|03|3}} | P | Trans-Luxury Airlines | California Trans-Luxury Airlines crash | {{sort|1946-09-05|5 September 1946}} | 20 |<ref name="Link">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Fog Blamed for plane crash fatal to 21|first= |last=AP|authorlink=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nRIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K9cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309,1392282&dq=peter-link|newspaper= [[The Southeast Missourian]]|publisher= |location= |date=6 September 1946|page=6 |accessdate= 15 May 2010|quote= }}</ref> |- | William Ellis Keyes, Jr. | 25 | P | [[Eastern Airlines]] | Flight 665 | {{sort|1947-01-12|12 January 1947}} | 18 |<ref name="Bulletin.Keyes">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Pilot failure given blame for 2 crashes|first= |last=United Press|authorlink=United Press International |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cdgsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zB8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2092,4340685&dq=william+ellis+keyes|newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]] |publisher= |location= |date=13 January 1947 |page=Cover |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref> |- | Paul Ashton Vick | {{sort|02|18 months}} | P | [[China National Aviation Corporation]] | Hankou crash | {{sort|1947-01-28|28 January 1947}} | 25 |<ref name="Herald-Journal.Vick">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Reminded that 'Blood of Martyrs is seed of Church'|first= Dr Daniel A.|last=Poling|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t1AsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3860,2666392&dq=paul-vick |newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |publisher= |location= |date=29 April 1947 |page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref> |- | Eugene Leonard | 38 | P | [[Air France]] | Lisbon mountain crash | {{sort|1947-02-01|1 February 1947}} | 15 |<ref name="Milwaukee.Leonard">{{cite news |ref=harv|title=16 Killed in Crash Near Lisbon |first= |last=Associated Press|authorlink=Associated Press|author2= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19470202&id=QuIcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2892,2580583 |newspaper= [[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |publisher= |location= |date=2 February 1947 |page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |trans-title=<!--translated title if foreign paper --> |quote= }}</ref> |- | Tripolina Meo | 33 | P | [[Delta Air Lines]] | Flight 705 | {{sort|1948-03-10|10 March 1948}} | 12 |<ref name="Fitzpatrick">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Only air crash survivor tells takeoff dread|first=Rita |last=Fitzpatrick |authorlink= |author2= |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/483584712.html?dids=483584712:483584712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+17%2C+1948&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=ONLY+AIR+CRASH+SURVIVOR+TELLS+TAKEOFF+DREAD&pqatl=google|newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=17 March 1948|page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="aviation-safety.net.19480310">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480310-0|title = Accident description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Aviation Safety Network|Aviation Safety Network Database]]| first= |quote=}}</ref> |- | Mark Worst | | P | [[Pan Am]] | [[Pan Am Flight 1-10|Flight 1–10]] | {{sort|1948-04-15|15 April 1948}} | 30 |<ref name="Worst.LA.Times">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Only Crash Survivor Was En Route Here|first= |last=|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/733912252.html?dids=733912252:733912252&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+15%2C+1948&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Only+Crash+Survivor+Was+En+Route+Here&pqatl=google|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=15 April 1948|page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="aviation-safety.net.19480415">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480415-0|title = Accident description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Aviation Safety Network|Aviation Safety Network Database]]| first= |quote=}}</ref> |- | Moutafis | | P | [[Sabena]] | [[1948 Sabena DC-4 Crash|Douglas DC-4 crash]] | {{sort|1948-05-12|12 May 1948}} | 31 |<ref name="Tribune.Moutafis">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Only one survivor believed on plane in Belgian Congo crash|first= |last=|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/487940742.html?dids=487940742:487940742&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+16%2C+1948&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=ONLY+ONE+SURVIVOR+BELIEVED+ON+PLANE+IN+BELGIAN+CONGO+CRASH&pqatl=google|newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=16 May 1948|page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="aviation-safety.net.19480512">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480512-0|title = Accident description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Aviation Safety Network|Aviation Safety Network Database]]| first= |quote=}}</ref> |- | Huang Yu ({{zh|t=黃裕}}, [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: ''Huáng Yù'', Cantonese: Wong Yu) | 24 | P | [[Cathay Pacific]] | [[Miss Macao]] | {{sort|1948-07-17|17 July 1948}} | 25 |<ref name="time.com.Yu">{{cite news |ref=harv|date= 9 August 1948|url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794449,00.html|title = Hong Kong: Pilots & Pirates|publisher = [[Time (magazine)|TIME]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]| first= |quote=}}</ref> |- | Isaac Allal | 12 | P | [[Aero Holland]] | [[Hurum air disaster]] | {{sort|1949-11-20|20 November 1949}} | 34 |<ref name="aviation-safety.net.19491120">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19491120-0|title = Accident description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Aviation Safety Network|Aviation Safety Network Database]]| first= |quote=}}</ref><ref name="Ludington.Allal">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= 12-year-old Boy who survived plane crash laid for 2 days in wreckage|first= |last=|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19491123&id=gDYJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3zsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6093,4097162 |newspaper= Ludington Daily News|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=23 November 1949 |page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |trans-title=<!--translated title if foreign paper --> |quote= }}</ref> |- | Olga Rada | 10 | P | [[LANSA Colombia|LANSA]] | Galeras Douglas C-47 crash | {{sort|1950-05-24|24 May 1950}} | 25 |<ref name="Ellensburg.Rada">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Girl only survivor of plane crash; 25 killed|first= |last=|authorlink= |author2= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=82gKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5895,1467547&dq=olga+rada|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Washington)|Ellensburg Daily Record]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=25 May 1950|page= |at= |accessdate= 15 May 2010 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="aviation-safety.net.19500524">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19500524-0|title = Accident description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Aviation Safety Network|Aviation Safety Network Database]]| first= |quote=}}</ref> |- | Sgt. Haru Sazaki | | P | [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] | Douglas C-47 crash | {{sort|1950-07-27|27 July 1950}} | 25 |<ref name="aviation-safety.net.19500727">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19500727-0|title = Accident description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=[[Aviation Safety Network|Aviation Safety Network Database]]| first= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Names of Air Crash Victims Released|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19500801&id=5EgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2503,2650609|accessdate=11 November 2013|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|date=1 August 1950|agency=AP|location=Tokyo|page=6}}</ref> |- | P/O P. D. Cliff | | P | [[RAF]] | [[1954 Aldbury Valetta accident|Aldbury Valetta accident]] | {{sort|1954-01-06|6 January 1954}} | 16 |<ref name="Times"> {{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=15 Killed in R.A.F. Crash |section= |day_of_week=Thursday |date=7 January 1954 |page_number=6 |issue=52823 |column=A }}</ref> |- | Concetta Finamore | | P | [[Linee Aeree Italiane]] | LAI Flight 451 | {{sort|1956-11-24|24 November 1956}} | 34 | |- | [[Néstor Mata]] | 31 | P | [[Philippine Air Force]] | [[1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash|Cebu Douglas C-47 crash]] | {{sort|1957-03-17|17 March 1957}} | 25 |<ref name="Tenmania.com">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2013|url = http://tenmania.com/people-survived-plane-crashes/|title = I Shouldn't Be Alive: 10 People Who Survived Plane Crashes|publisher = Tenmania.com| accessdate =1 November 2013 | last=| first= |quote=}}</ref> |- | | | P | [[Eagle Aviation Limited]] | [[1957 Blackbushe Viking accident|Blackbushe Viking accident]] | {{sort|1957-05-01|1 May 1957}} | 34 | |- | | | P | [[Austral Líneas Aéreas]] | [[Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205|Flight 205]] | {{sort|1959-01-16|16 January 1959}} | 51 |<ref>{{cite web|title=ASN Accident Description|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590116-0|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|accessdate=28 May 2018}}</ref> |- | Ernest P. "Phil" Bradley | 33 | P | [[Piedmont Airlines]] | [[Piedmont Airlines Flight 349|Flight 349]] | {{sort|1959-10-30|30 October 1959}} | 26 |<ref name="solesurvivor.info">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2010|url = http://solesurvivor.info/about-phil/|title = About Phil|publisher = solesurvivor.info| accessdate = 15 May 2010 | last=| first= |quote=}}</ref><ref name="Readthehook.com">{{cite news |ref=harv|date= 8 October 2009|url = http://www.readthehook.com/83798/cover-alone-mountain-true-story-flight-349/|title=Alone on a mountain: the true story of Flight 349|publisher = [[The Hook (newspaper)|The Hook]]| accessdate = 19 April 2013 | last=Spencer| first=Hawes|quote=}}</ref> |- | Louis Matarazzo | | P | [[Allegheny Airlines]] | [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 371|Flight 371]] | {{sort|1959-12-01|1 December 1959}} | 25 |<ref name="Sentinel.Matarazzo">{{cite news |ref=harv|title= Plane rams peak in snow; 24 die|first= |last=|authorlink= |author2= |newspaper= [[The Milwaukee Sentinel]]|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date=2 December 1959 |page=11 |at= |trans-title=<!--translated title if foreign paper --> |quote= }}</ref> |- | Lt. 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