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Amount of risk as riding on an escalator. >> reporter: so despite, and, in fact, because of some of these scary test crashes, even when all seems hopeless, surviving a plane going down is possible, even likely. jim avila, abc news, washington. >> most of you flying today, thanks for watching. >> im happy to see that because you know im a nervous flier. >> you dont like it. >> i dont. maybe its the control freak in me. i dont like to fly. im always very, very nervous. >> ambien and cocktails. thi...

Welcome back. well, we take a look at the science of survival now, survival that is in the event of a plane crash. >> yeah, more people than you might expect actually make it out of one alive, and experts are now working on improving your odds even more as abcs jim avila reports. >> reporter: an astounding 76% of passengers aboard serious airplane crashes somehow survive. even fireballs like this 1989 dc-10 crash in sioux city, iowa. more than half on board somehow alive or this ethiopian airlin...

♪ almost had your hopes and dreams ♪ welcome back. well, we take a look at the science of survival now, survival that is in the event of a plane crash. >> yeah, more people than you might expect actually make it out of one alive, and experts are now working on improving your odds even more as abcs jim avila reports. >> reporter: an astounding 76% of passengers aboard serious airplane crashes somehow survive. even fireballs like this 1989 dc-10 crash in sioux city, iowa. more than half on b...