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...in North America, which is just more fact-twisting by the author.

Lets not forget that 228 people perished when the flight crew of Air France 447 flew the plane straight into the ocean.

Well didn't really fly so much as fell out of the sky into the ocean. Absolutely terrifying.

If by "flew" you mean "stalled", then yes.

Well, it wasn't your standard controlled flight into terrain, but since one of the pilots was pulling back on his hand stick for the entire time.... (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447#Sullenbe...).