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in 2019 a woman woke up alone in an Air Canada plane after sleeping through the landing, hours after it had deplaned. She had to use a flashlight she found in the cockpit to signal for help.

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Fun Fact: in 2019 a woman woke up alone in an Air Canada plane after sleeping through the landing, hours after it had deplaned. She had to use a flashlight she found in the cockpit to signal for help.

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