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Sam · **on:** January 17, 2008, 14:03:05 PM

plane crash

on: January 17, 2008, 14:03:05 PM

you dont expect this at heathrow.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/17/heathrow.incident/index.html

Ive done 80,000 miles in a year; Im kinda worried now.

red · **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2008, 14:30:37 PM

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well these glorified bus drivers will occasionally hit the odd old lady walking out into the road.

flying is still statistically safer than walking.

Leon · **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2008, 14:30:47 PM

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Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 14:30:47 PM

It happens, same as XXX number of car crashes a day. I wouldnt be worried.

Sam · **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2008, 14:41:11 PM

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Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 14:41:11 PM

Difference is usually when a car crashses you get out and walk away. If a plane crashes into the sea youre screwed.

Rivkid · **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2008, 14:47:33 PM

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Quote from: Sam

Difference is usually when a car crashses you get out and walk away. If a plane crashes into the sea youre screwed.

My thoughts exactly! At least with a car crash theres no 2 minutes of pure "oh sh*t Im going to die" as you plummet towards the ocean.....

Leon · **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:03:21 PM

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Quick google for stats... I know they dont mean everything but for something like this they sort of highlight now little an issue it is.

Car Crash Deaths in the USA alone (2003) - 42,884
Plane Crash Deaths worldwide (2003) - 1,224

51% of accidents recorded occurred during landing, 27% during flight and 20% during takeoff. 37% of accidents concern scheduled passenger flight, 12% military flights, 11% cargo flights, 8% private flights

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The ACRO announced that the year 2007 was the safest year in aviation since 1963 in terms of number of accidents.[1] There had been 136 accidents registered (compared to 164 in 2006), resulting in a total of 965 deaths (compared to 1,293 in 2006

oh and...

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Air travel is the safest form of transportation available. Trains have .04 deaths for every 100 million miles while air travel has .01 deaths for every 100 million miles traveled. Compared to the automobile, with .94 deaths per 100 million miles, both figures are low.[3] [4]According to the BBC: "UK airline operations are among the safest anywhere. When compared against all other modes of transport on a fatality per mile basis air transport is the safest - six times safer than traveling by car and twice as safe as rail."

Bartop · **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:39:15 PM

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BBC News reporting that the captain has said to an airport worker that the aircraft lost all power and avionics prior to landing and had to glide it in..

Rivkid · **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:41:50 PM

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Reply #7 on: January 17, 2008, 15:41:50 PM

I know its incredibly rare and all that but for me its how much sheer terror youd go through if it DID happen to you. I cant imagine a lot worse than falling 30,0000 ft knowing whats about to happen, or as Sam said setting down in the sea and drowning in the fuselage......

Its also about how many miles you do. I work with guys who fly daily/weekly and I always say to them if you fly all the time eventually somethings gonna happen and in a plane it only has to happen once.....

Ill take a car/bus/ferry/train anyday thank you. 8-)

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:50:11 PM

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Why do they insist on putting this in every sodding news article:

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A spokesman for Londons Metropolitan Police said there was nothing to suggest the incident was terror-related.

Are people really so stupid or it simply to keep driving home that we should be on high alert to make the media happy?

Leon · **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2008, 16:18:23 PM

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Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 16:18:23 PM

Meh if it happens it happens. Not going to put me off getting on a plane

Rivkid · **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2008, 16:20:10 PM

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Quote from: Dooms

Meh if it happens it happens. Not going to put me off getting on a plane

Dont get me wrong - I do fly. I just dont like it - and I really wouldnt want to be a frequent flyer.

bear · **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2008, 16:53:29 PM

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How to Survive Falling Out of a Plane

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question729.htm

Eggtastico · **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2008, 17:07:24 PM

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fair play to the pilot. Its quite crowded around heathrow. Could have got ugly.

Sam · **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2008, 17:26:31 PM

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Also with these stats, people dont take into account that in a car you can avoid lots of accidents by sticking in the slow lane going the speed limit. How many accidents are caused by drunk drivers going 140 and just killing themselves and their passengers.

Also if you want to quote stats, then world car deaths? Oh please, like the deaths on Indias roads is relevant, or in the USA where the driving test consists of a quick run around a car park. Lets see deaths on Britains roads.

Leon · **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2008, 17:28:34 PM

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3,508 people were killed on Britain’s roads in 2003, 2 per cent more than in 2002. The number of people seriously injured fell to 33,707, 6 per cent lower than in 2002. Total casualties in 2003 were 290,607, 4 percent fewer than in 2002;

8 fewer children were killed on the roads in 2003 than in 2002, a fall of 4 percent. The total number of children killed or seriously injured fell by 11 percent;

Provisional estimates indicate that the number of deaths in accidents involving drink driving was 2 percent higher than in 2002. Final estimates will be available next year. Total casualties in drink drive accidents fell by an estimated 5 percent;

Pedestrian casualties fell by 6 per cent between 2002 and 2003 and the number of killed or seriously injured pedestrians was down 8 percent. 13 per cent of all road accident casualties and 22 per cent of those who died in road accidents were pedestrians;

In 2003, the number of casualties among users of two wheeled motor vehicles rose slightly compared with 2002 and the number of deaths rose by 14 per cent to 693. Serious injuries rose by 1 per cent. However, the overall casualty rate per hundred million vehicle kilometres fell by 9 percent because of increases in traffic;

Pedal cyclist casualties fell slightly. The number of cyclists killed or seriously injured fell by 2 per cent overall, and the number of fatalities fell by 12 per cent. Pedal cyclist casualty rates per hundred million vehicle kilometres also fell and are now at the lowest for more than 10 years.

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