Five months later, a search team at the scene of the crash found skeletal remains along with Blassie's identity card, a flight suit, an ejection seat and other items strongly suggesting whose bones these were.

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She ordered hot tea, and the suit says the flight attendant brought her a cup of "extremely hot water" sitting in another cup which contained the tea bag and condiment packets.

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Baumgartner's team built him a special pressurised capsule to protect him on the way up, and for his descent he wore a next generation, full pressure suit made by the same company that prepares the flight suits of astronauts.

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During the flight, father-of-two Mr Connery dropped for three seconds before his suit "started to fly".

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Its popularity, and the flight of capital to states with limited liability from those without, led most American states to follow suit.

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