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Passenger on crashed US Airways flight snaps selfie

Mar 13, 2014, 11:34 PM | Updated: Mar 14, 2014, 5:12 pm

Someone is going to get a few likes and retweets.

After Flight 1702 from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale. Fla. blew a tire and crashed during departure, passenger and Twitter user @han_horan snapped a selfie with the plane in the background.

Numerous media outlets retweeted the photo shortly after it was posted and the user, who only identifies herself as “skip,” gained about 200 followers in a matter of minutes.

The photo began going viral instantly, with one Twitter user posting a selfie of the selfie. It received more than 1,000 retweets in under an hour.

No one was injured in the crash and all passengers were booked on later flights.

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Passenger on crashed US Airways flight snaps selfie