Testimony at a coroner's inquest in England has revived a disputed theory that a crocodile on the loose may have led to the crash of a Filair Let-140 regional airliner in Africa in 2010. The aircraft crashed near Bandundu, Congo, killing 19 of the 20 passengers and crew on board. The inquest was told that a passenger had apparently carried the two- to three-foot reptile onto the aircraft and it escaped from the bag it was in. It startled a member of the crew, who ran forward to the cockpit and that started a stampede of passengers to the front. The sudden weight shift pitched the aircraft down and it crashed into an earthen house.
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