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Outlook: The father and daughter finding closure after a plane crash

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Childhood photo of six year old Michelle being hugged by her father Gonzalo Dussan

16/12/2021 GMT

The father and daughter finding closure after a plane crash

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Gonzalo and Michelle Dussan were two of only four survivors of a plane crash in 1995

Gonzalo and Michelle Dussan say they have finally found closure after they survived a plane crash that killed 159 people, including members of their family.

Gonzalo Dussan and his daughter Michelle still cannot comprehend how they are able to share their story. For years, they didn't speak about it, but recent developments have given them a new purpose. Back in December 1995 they were on a flight from Miami to Cali in Colombia, when the plane crashed into a mountain, killing almost everyone on board.  Michelle was only six years old at the time and the family had been planning to spend Christmas with their relatives in Colombia. Also on board were Michelle's mother and brother, who both died as a result of the crash. Gonzalo and Michelle were two of only four people to survive the crash - out of 163 people. They tell Emily Webb why a new theory about what may have caused the crash has helped them to find closure. The theory has emerged from a film by former airline pilot Tristan Loraine, called American 965. 

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(Photo: Gonzalo Dussan and his daughter Michelle. Credit: Courtesy of Michelle Dussan)

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