The world grieves as it marvels the sole survivor of an Air India plane crash. Just like Arizona did in 1987 for sole survivor Cecelia Cichan.

FILE - Flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial in Romulus, Mich., to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Aug. 16, 2012.

An Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing at least 290 people, with one survivor. The tragedy draws parallels to the 1987 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crash, where Cecelia Cichan ...

The notion that only one person survived the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people on board Thursday is sparking interest on social media about how that could happen and if such a thing has ...

FILE - Flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial in Romulus, Mich., to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Aug. 16, 2012.

Cecelia Crocker — known as Cecelia Cichan at the time of the 1987 crash — was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 255 when it crashed in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, killing 154 people on board ...

The wreckage of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was strewn over a 3,000-foot crash path that crossed two highway overpasses, according to the NTSB accident report. All of the passenger seats were ...

Cecelia Crocker — known as Cecelia Cichan at the time of the 1987 crash — was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 255 when it crashed in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, killing 154 people on board ...

Cecelia Crocker — known as Cecelia Cichan at the time of the 1987 crash — was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 255 when it crashed in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, killing 154 people on board ...

But one of the investigators of that crash told the filmmakers that the pilots' personal ... Crocker was 4 years old when she flew on Northwest Airlines Flight 255 and it crashed in the Detroit suburb ...

An Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing at least 290 people, with one survivor. The tragedy draws parallels to the 1987 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crash, where Cecelia Cichan ...

FILE - Flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial in Romulus, Mich., to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Aug. 16, 2012 ...