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Learning how to survive a plane crash

By Scott Mayerowitz
Published September 24, 2014 4:46pm ET
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Learning how to survive a plane crash
In this Sept. 10, 2014 photo, British Airways flight safety instructor Andy Clubb, center, instructs participants as theatrical smoke begins to fill the cabin simulator during a British Airways flight safety course at the airline's Cranebank training facility, near Heathrow airport in London. The half-day safety course, now open to frequent fliers willing to pay $265, encourages passengers to be aware of their surroundings and familiarize themselves with what happens in an emergency. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) | Matt Dunham

LONDON (AP) — They raced down the slide, one by one, like children on a playground. At the bottom, smartphone photos were snapped and high fives exchanged.

The frequent fliers were all smiling and laughing — and quietly hoping to never use an evacuation slide again. Doing so would mean their plane had just crashed.

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