Colombians Must Be Tougher Than Nails

Pretty much everything that could go wrong went wrong on the landing apporach for this plane in Colombia. It was hit by lightening while 80m from the ground, crashed and broke into three pieces. Of 131 people on board, one person died (and only of a heart attack).

Wouldn't it have been easier for Death just to get the guy in his sleep rather than the effort of crashing the plane and sparing everyone else?

Or is the moral of the story that we should never, ever go to war with Colombia?

Article via WSJ

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