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9 Holiday Travel Horror Stories You’ll Be Grateful You’re Not Telling

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7. Barely Avoiding Disaster

Two days after Christmas in 2016, a small plane carrying only four passengers over central Alberta, Canada, started to experience engine issues. As it approached the airport, the pilot believed landing on the highway would be a good idea. However, he decided against it as there was too much traffic.

He eventually chose to make an emergency glide landing on a nearby runway. The plane landed short, almost hitting a berm and a power pole. “It definitely was a Christmas miracle, especially since the plane had basically run out of power,” one of the passengers said. “God alone knows what would have happened if we had hit all those things.”

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