A video shows people emerging from the wreckage of Wednesday's Azerbaijan Airlines crash. AdvertisementThe survivability of any plane crash largely depends on the circumstances of the accident. AdvertisementThat compares to the 39% fatality rate in the middle third section and the 38% fatality rate in the front third section. AdvertisementCrew actions can increase survivabilityPilot handling and cabin crew responses can also improve the chances of surviving a plane crash. In 1977, a Pan Am and a KLM Boeing 747 collided in Tenerife, Spain, killing 583 people and becoming the world's deadliest plane crash.

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Persons: Samir Rzayev, Rzayev, Chesley, Sully, Sullenberger, Bebeto Matthews Organizations: Azerbaijan Airlines, Time Magazine, Popular, Japan Airlines, Air Lines, Discovery, Boeing, Azerbaijan, Sullenberger's US Airways, Hudson, United Airlines, Japan, NTSB, KLM Boeing, Getty, KLM, Pan, Transportation Locations: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Nepal, Japan, Texas, Azerbaijani, New York City, Hudson, Iowa, Pan, Tenerife, Spain