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Is it me, or does it seem like there are more plane crashes lately?

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/592762

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Do you mean total or per flight?

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Originally posted by Palynka
Do you mean total or per flight?
The average age of aeroplanes in service is always increasing.

Airlines run their core business model based on cheap air fairs.

Unless you go business flying is a horrible service experience.

It's not difficult to see a potential crisis looming.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Do you mean total or per flight?
number of crashes.

Could just be the media reporting it more often, but one today, a small one yesterday into a river, the one in buffalo, the one in the hudson. Just seem pretty close together

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dont tell my mom, shell never get on a plane again.

"“There are no indications whatsoever (of a terror attack),” Kok said."
Kok can say things between the '(' '๐Ÿ˜‰' symbols, how to pronounce it? i dont know, Kok is awesome๐Ÿ™‚

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Originally posted by uzless
number of crashes.

Could just be the media reporting it more often, but one today, a small one yesterday into a river, the one in buffalo, the one in the hudson. Just seem pretty close together
What I was hinting at is that air traffic today is bigger than 10 years ago.

It could be that the total number went up, even though planes are actually safer and the probability of each one falling is smaller. If anyone had data, this could be confirmed (or dismissed).

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http://www.planecrashinfo.com/

Here is some data if anyone wants to read it. I'd rather read my own obituary.

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Originally posted by Palynka
air traffic today is bigger than 10 years ago.

Only by a few feet I reckon. ๐Ÿ˜›

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Originally posted by uzless
Is it me, or does it seem like there are more plane crashes lately?

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/592762
The amount of air traffic congestion is always increasing, while the number of controlled airports remains relatively the same year to year. If this trend remains the same and no new methods of controlling that traffic flow become available, expect near misses and, to a lesser degree, accidents to become more frequent.

Aircraft age is also a an important factor to look at. Big airlines are ultimately seeking a profit, and it's always been cheaper to maintain current airframes than to rebuild from the ground up. Don't expect this to change anytime soon.

Edit: After reading the article, it doesn't appear that the crash was a result of controller error. It also appears to have been a relatively young airframe. Perhaps it was simply bad weather or birds or some uncontrollable factor.

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Originally posted by uzless
Is it me, or does it seem like there are more plane crashes lately?

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/592762
Good thing I booked a travel by train and boat to Dublin just this afternoon, then...

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Originally posted by Aiko
Good thing I booked a travel by train and boat to Dublin just this afternoon, then...
Good luck on the roads in Dublin. Have they finished that nightmare "mad-cow roundabout "(or whatever they call it) yet?

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Originally posted by highflier934
Perhaps it was simply bad weather or birds or some uncontrollable factor.
Like one of those commonly drunk airline pilots? ๐Ÿ˜•

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Originally posted by highflier934
It also appears to have been a relatively young airframe. Perhaps it was simply bad weather or birds or some uncontrollable factor.
Women should not be allowed to fly aircraft.

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Originally posted by cadwah
Women should not be allowed to fly aircraft.
Why then you would have noone to blame for the accidents!

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Originally posted by cadwah
Women should not be allowed to fly aircraft.
i think cats shouldn't be allowed to fly aircraft. oh, and elephants.

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