Question: has anyone ever survived a commercial plane crash

Answer: Yes, In the history of aviation, there have been a small number of ``sole survivors'' of airline crashes. Lone survivors are often left with physical and psychological injuries. The youngest sole survivor is Chanayuth Nim-anong who on 3 September 1997, survived a crash when he was just 14 months old. He was the sole survivor of Vietnam Airlines Flight 815, which had 65 deaths in total. The oldest sole survivor is Alexander Sizov, who survived a crash at 52 years old. He was the sole survivor (and a crew member) of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, which crashed on 7 September 2011, with 44 fatalities.