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How is it possible that in an airplane crash, every single person died but two survived?

How is it possible that in an airplane crash, every single person died but two survived?

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C.Charlotte

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Answered Feb 28, 2020

If every single person in a crash died and two survived, this would mean that the two people who survived were either in a relationship or married. The key word in the question is the word single. Single is a relationship status, meaning a person is not committed to anyone else or not engaged in a formal relationship. If a person is not single, this would mean they are in a relationship.

Not being single doesn't necessarily have to mean a person is married. It can mean the person is in a committed relationship with their partner. Based on the question, if the people who survived were not single, then they were in a relationship.
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I.Isabella

I.Isabella

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Answered Feb 13, 2020

In an airplane crash, every single person died, but two survived. That should simply be because they are not single. Single is a relationship status here. This is more of a riddle. In fact, it is a riddle. The approach used in answering a riddle is not the same in answering normal questions. The word 'single' in the statement is only a definition of relationship status, and not referring to the people collectively. So, if every single person died in the plane, then the two that did not die are in a relationship.

Probably they are a couple, or individually in different relationships. Another thing about riddles is that they usually have a single answer for them. Someone might answer that maybe they have access to parachutes, and they were able to escape with it. No matter how your answer might sound good and intellectual, if it is different from the generally accepted answer, you are still wrong.

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C. Lucan

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C. Lucan
C. Lucan, Copywriter, Literature Major, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Answered Jan 09, 2020

Correct answer: The two people that survive were either in a relationship or married. As mention in the riddle, every SINGLE person on the airplane crash died, but two survived. This means, the marital status of all that died was SINGLE, and one couple survives the airplane crash.

This also tells us that there were only two people that were married or in a relationship, and they are the only ones that survive. This is the most likely answer to this riddle. In summary, the married people on the plane survived the airplane crash, but all single people without partners died in the airplane crash.

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J. Shatner

J. Shatner

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J. Shatner, Content writer, Boston

Answered Sep 20, 2018

I think that this is only possible if two people were able to get out of the plane before they crashed. If I would use my own explanation, then two people missed their flight and they were able to escape the ill-fated flight. It is also possible that two people were able to get parachutes and they left the plane before the plane crashed. The clues in the given sentence are just not enough to make the answer clear.

This is a question that can be interpreted by anyone. People will always have their own opinion of the right answer. Some have even said that there might be a passenger on board who is pregnant with twins and these babies survived but in the real world, the possibility of this happening is very slim.

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John Adney

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John Adney

Answered May 01, 2017

I wrote a couple, that still counts as not being single.
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John Smith

John Smith

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John Smith

Answered Dec 07, 2016

They were married
Married
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