Maybe people have different connotations associated with the word "miracle". I interpret a miracle escape as something like "nobody had any idea what to do, bu

Maybe people have different connotations associated with the word "miracle". I interpret a miracle escape as something like "nobody had any idea what to do, but by miracle, everyone survived". The alternative would be "the flight crew did what they were trained to do, the process worked, and everyone survived". Here the difference between a miracle and procedure is the difference between luck and competence.