Cybermonkey
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tis a bad week indeed 
Engine Failure this time
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article306426.ece
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Butler
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 is that the fourth? or a repost?
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Cybermonkey
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Fourth? what? I only count 2 major air disasters this week, this one and the Helios 737 in Cyprus?
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Cybermonkey
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oh and this ATR72 in Italy
http://www.airdisaster.com/news/0805/07/news.shtml
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Butler
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there was a another thread this morning saying about 3
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Butler
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=231528
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Cybermonkey
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yes thats the same one
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Butler
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its crazyness, i dont like flying as it is
[Edited on 17-08-2005 by Butler]
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Cybermonkey
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pussy, i fly for fun
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Alex
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im flying to dublin on monday! im scared 
even though that flight is only 40 mins 
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GREG 1
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BOAT !
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Cybermonkey
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jesus christ some people are weird. do your kind of people get shit scared doing 70mph as a passenger on the motorway?
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GREG 1
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With my dad driving YES
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Jambo
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Problem i have with air travel, i LOVE planes, all except commercial airliners.
Cram em in minnimum care old aircraft flying millions of miles. THeres allways going to be cost cutting as they are all business's
People always say "more likely to have a car acident" etc.
Yes this is true. I have been in more than 1 car accident. I am alive and perfectly well.
Ive never met anyone whos been in a plane crash
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Skinz
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exactly, they say your more to have a car crash, YES BUT IF YOU CRASH A CAR YOU MIGHT TAKE OUT A HEDGE, IF YOU CRASH A PLANE EVERYONE DIES
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Cram em in minnimum care old aircraft flying millions of miles. THeres allways going to be cost cutting as they are all business's
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thats just bullshit. there are countless regulatory government agencies working around the clock to keep airlines in check. Modern Airbus and Boeing aircraft are a million miles ahead of aircraft built and designed in the 60's and 70's. the chances of failure are absolute minimal, and when something does go wrong, more often that not it is because of a number of factors coming together at one point in time.
You would have to fly on a modern commerical airliner every day for 60,000 years before being involved in a serious accident.
And i have been in a few mishaps myself on an aircraft
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Ally
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really not looking forward to going to zakynthos now
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Skinz
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you will crash and burn
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
really not looking forward to going to zakynthos now
oh FFS 
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Butler
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I love planes, i really do, there amazing. Just boring long flights over the atlantic scare me after hearing about other crashes. But put me in a car at 200mph and il love it 
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Jambo
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Dave i am not disputing the fact there are agencies. But if u think that there wont be cost cutting etc i think youd be suprised., im not suggestiing they are all unsafe, you are missing my point.
There will be a few aircraft up there that are most probably long overdue some much needed maintenance. They are all run/maintained by humans, who by nature are greedy/selfish/lazy/curropt
So wouldnt suprise me at all.
Last plan i went in was a de-havviland rapide @ duxford in june, now THATs a proper airliner 
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote:
Originally posted by Ally
really not looking forward to going to zakynthos now
oh FFS
What? I have a fear of flying anyway
But decided not to let my fear take over my life, so booked the holiday i wanted to go on
Now a few planes have crashed and have scared me abit, now im anxious about flying in october
Nothing wrong with that.
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Dave i am not disputing the fact there are agencies. But if u think that there wont be cost cutting etc i think youd be suprised., im not suggestiing they are all unsafe, you are missing my point.
There will be a few aircraft up there that are most probably long overdue some much needed maintenance. They are all run/maintained by humans, who by nature are greedy/selfish/lazy/curropt
So wouldnt suprise me at all.
Last plan i went in was a de-havviland rapide @ duxford in june, now THATs a proper airliner
Rapides are cool as fook I fully agree with what you are saying about cost cutting, but it is an extremely rare occurence. One good example of cost cutting is Alaska Airlines. the amount of cost cutting going on there was unreal, and caused the death of 88 passengers. Believe me, i spend a lot of time talking to engineers for various airlines, and it is extremely rare to come across 'bad eggs' in the industry. it does happen though.
http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=01312000®=N963AS&airline=Alaska+Airlines
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