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In 2007, Francesca Lewis managed to escape death in the Panamanian mountains by being piled with luggage, which saved her from freezing. A 12-year-old girl nearly said goodbye to life after the single-engine Cessna she was on board crashed into a volcano, killing three people. She not only miraculously survived the collision, but also spent two and a half days after that, sandwiched in her chair, without food or water and dressed only in shorts and a T-shirt. Three others on board - Francesca's best friend, 13-year-old Talia Klein, Talia's father, 37-year-old millionaire Michael Klein, and 23-year-old pilot Edwin Lasso - died instantly.

The girls went to school together in Santa Barbara, California and were on vacation in Panama.

2. Baia Bakari: the only survivor of the Yemenia Airways plane crash

14-year-old French schoolgirl Baia Bakari became the only survivor of the Yemenia Flight 626 crash. The plane crashed in the Indian Ocean off the northern coast of Grande Comoros (Comoros) on June 30, 2009. The remaining 152 people on board were killed. Bakari, who could barely swim and did not have a life jacket, spent more than 13 hours in the stormy sea, mostly in the dark, clinging to the wreckage of the plane. The girl was rescued by the private ship "Sima Com 2". As soon as Bakari was spotted, a member of the rescue team threw her a life preserver, but the sea was too rough and the girl was too tired to catch him. One of the sailors, Maturafi Seleman Libonakh, jumped into the water and handed her a floating craft, after which they were both safely lifted aboard the ship. Bakari's mother, who flew with her from Paris for a summer vacation in the Comoros, died in the crash.

3. Mohammed el-Fateh Osman: 3-year-old boy who is the only survivor of 116 passengers

In 2003, 3-year-old Mohammed el-Fateh Osman was the only survivor when a Sudan Airways plane crashed into a hillside at Port Sudan airport during takeoff. As a result of the accident, the boy lost his right leg and received severe burns. 105 passengers and all 11 crew members were killed. A nomad found the boy lying on a fallen tree.

4. Cecelia Sichen: sole survivor of one of the worst plane crashes in US history

In 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed a minute after taking off from Detroit airport, killing 154 people. Four-year-old Cecelia Sichen was the only survivor. Her mother Paula, father Michael and 6-year-old brother David were among the dead. The family was returning from vacation.

For several days after the accident, the girl's identity remained a mystery, until her maternal grandmother read in an informational message that the girl's nails were covered with purple varnish, and there was a chip on her front tooth. Pauline Siamichela with tears in her eyes remembered how, before returning home, the girl's nails were painted lavender.

5. Ruben van Assouve: Dutch boy sole survivor of the plane crash

9-year-old Ruben van Assouw from Holland was found strapped to his chair among the debris scattered across the Libyan desert. The boy was unconscious, but breathing, his legs were broken.

On May 12, 2010, the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus crashed on its way to Tripoli, killing 103 passengers and crew members. Ruben, along with his parents and brother, was returning home after the safari. The boy found out that he was the only one who survived only a few days later.

The Libyan authorities circulated a photograph of the injured child, and a Dutch tabloid reporter managed to get into Ruben's room and talk to him before he knew that his entire family had died. Now raised by his uncle and aunt, Ruben says he hopes to return to Libya because "he wants to know what happened."

6. Erica Delgado: the girl who survived after her mother pushed her out of the plane

In 1995, a 10-year-old girl with a broken arm became the sole survivor of a plane crash in northern Colombia, which killed 47 passengers and five crew members. Authorities announced that the DC-9 Intercontinental exploded in mid-air, but witnesses from the town of Maria la Baja, 500 miles northwest of Bogotá, say the plane crashed into the embankment without lights and then capsized lagoon.

Erica Delgado, who flew with her parents and younger brother from Bogotá to the Caribbean resort town of Cartagena, was rushed to the hospital in shock and with a broken arm.

One of the farmers said that he heard cries for help and found the girl on a mound of seaweed that softened her fall. The girl told the farmers that her mother pushed her out of the plane when it caught fire and began to fall apart.

7. Paul Ashton Vick: youngest of the only survivors

Paul Ashton Vick is the youngest of the lone survivors. He survived the crash of a China National Aviation Corporation plane when he was just 16 months old in January 1947. His father, Robert Wieck, was a Connecticut Baptist pastor who worked in China as a missionary after the end of World War II. Vic, his wife and two sons (2-year-old Theodore and 16-month-old Paul) were on their way from Shanghai to Chongqing. During the flight, one of the engines caught fire, the fire quickly penetrated the cockpit. When it became clear that the twin-engined plane was doomed, some of the 23 passengers jumped out of the plane in panic. The Vic couple jumped out too, each with a child in her arms. Robert Wick and Paul, who was in his arms, were the only ones who survived.

Robert died 40 hours later, but he managed to tell the hospital staff the names of Paul's grandparents, as well as their address in the United States. The toddler, whose legs were broken, was sent to them after treatment of the injuries.

8. Wong Yu: the world's first hijacker to crash an airplane and survive thereafter

One of the more controversial figures on this list is Wong Yu, who in 1948 tried to hijack the Cathay Pacific's Miss Macau plane, but the result was a plane crash that killed 25 people.

The PBY Catalina was carrying extremely wealthy passengers and was the first hijacked aircraft in aviation history. The fishermen saw the plane crash into the water. At the crash site, they found a man floating in a semi-conscious state - Wong Yu.In the end, it was established that Wong Yu was one of the hijackers, after which he spent three years in prison.